{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/regulation-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/regulation-15.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2003/468",
  "legislation_title": "The Marriage Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-regulations-northern-ireland-2003",
  "path": "regulation/15",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Applicants for an approval of a place for marriage",
  "text": "(1) An application for a place approval may, following the procedures set out in regulation 16, be made to the authority by any person.\n(2) An application for a temporary approval may, following the procedures set out in regulation 17, be made to the authority by either of the parties to an intended civil marriage in respect of any place which at the time of the application has not place approval, other than one where an approval will expire before the date of the intended civil marriage.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 15 in operation at 1.1.2004, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "nisr/2003/468",
      "affecting_title": "The Marriage Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/468/regulation/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:00:38.097059+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."
}