{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-northern-ireland-order-2003/article-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-northern-ireland-order-2003/article-9.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/2003/413",
  "legislation_title": "The Marriage (Northern Ireland) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-northern-ireland-order-2003",
  "path": "article/9",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Persons who may solemnise marriages",
  "text": "A marriage may be solemnised only by—\n(a) an officiant; or\n(b) a person appointed under Article 31.\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 9 omitted (1.9.2020) by virtue of The Marriage and Civil Partnership (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/742), regs. 1(2), 3(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2003/413/article/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:40:22.940880+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}