{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/regulation-3.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/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Marriage Notice",
  "text": "(1) A marriage notice shall be in the form as set out in Schedule 1.\n(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 –\n(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\n(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.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 3 in operation at 1.1.2004, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2014/296",
      "affecting_title": "The Marriage (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2015/395",
      "affecting_title": "The Referral and Investigation of Proposed Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Northern Ireland and Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 2015"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2015/395",
      "affecting_title": "The Referral and Investigation of Proposed Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Northern Ireland and Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 2015"
    },
    {
      "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/3",
    "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."
}