Section 7 Issue of licence by Registrar General.
Where the marriage is intended to be solemnised on the authority of the Registrar General and he is satisfied that sufficient grounds exist why a licence should be granted he shall issue a licence in the prescribed form unless—
any lawful impediment to the issue of the licence has been shown to his satisfaction to exist; F1...
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Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Word in s. 7(a) omitted (27.2.2023) by virtue of Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Act 2022 (c. 28), s. 7(1), Sch. para. 2(4)(a) (with s. 8); S.I. 2023/88, reg. 2 (with regs. 3-17)
- F2
S. 7(b) omitted (27.2.2023) by virtue of Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Act 2022 (c. 28), s. 7(1), Sch. para. 2(4)(b) (with s. 8); S.I. 2023/88, reg. 2 (with regs. 3-17)