Section 14 Documentary authority for marriage.

Where a marriage is to be solemnised on the authority of the Registrar General’s licence a document issued by the superintendent registrar stating that the Registrar General’s licence has been granted and that authority for the marriage to be solemnised has been given shall be delivered before the marriage to the following person, that is to say—

(a)

if the marriage is to be solemnised according to the usages of the Society of Friends, the F1... officer of that Society for the place where the marriage is to be solemnised;

(b)

if the marriage is to be solemnised according to the usages of persons professing the Jewish religion, the officer of the synagogue F2responsible for ensuring the document issued under this section is signed in accordance with section 53C of the principal Act (signing of a marriage schedule);

(c)

in any other case, the registrar in whose presence the marriage is to be solemnised.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Word in s. 14(a) omitted (4.5.2021) by virtue of The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/411), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 56(9)(a) (with Sch. 2)
F2: Words in s. 14(b) substituted (4.5.2021) by The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/411), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 56(9)(b) (with Sch. 2)