Regulation 3 Marriage NoticeI1

Northern Ireland Not yet in force

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

reg. 3(2) words substituted by Marriage 2014 reg. 2(2)
reg. 3(2)(b) words inserted by Referral and Investigation of Proposed Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Northern Ireland and Miscellaneous Provisions) 2015 Sch. 1 para. 8(a)
reg. 3(3)(4) inserted by Referral and Investigation of Proposed Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Northern Ireland and Miscellaneous Provisions) 2015 Sch. 1 para. 8(b)
reg. 3 coming into force by Marriage 2003 reg. 1

(1)

A marriage notice shall be in the form as set out in Schedule 1.

(2)

The marriage notice for each party to a marriage intended to be solemnised in Northern Ireland shall be served on the registrar at least 14 days before the date of intended marriage except where –

(a)

the registrar has received a written request from one or both of the parties giving the reason why 14 days notice cannot be given; and

(b)

the registrar has been authorised by the Registrar General to reduce the period of 14 days notice to such shorter period as he considers necessary.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 3 in operation at 1.1.2004, see reg. 1