Regulation 6 Marriage scheduleI1

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. 6(4) words inserted by Marriage and Civil Partnership 2020 reg. 9(4)
reg. 6(6) inserted by Referral and Investigation of Proposed Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Northern Ireland and Miscellaneous Provisions) 2015 Sch. 1 para. 9
reg. 6 coming into force by Marriage 2003 reg. 1
reg. 6(1) words inserted by Marriage, Civil Partnership and Civil Registration 2022 reg. 3(2)

(1)

A marriage schedule shall be in the form set out in Schedule 2.

(2)

The registrar shall issue the marriage schedule within a period of 14 days before the date of the intended marriage.

(3)

If for any reason the marriage cannot be solemnised at the place specified in the marriage schedule the registrar may substitute or direct the officiant to substitute the new place in the marriage schedule already issued.

(4)

In the circumstances listed in paragraph (5), where the officiant specified in the marriage schedule cannot solemnise the marriage then another officiant may solemnise the marriage and substitute his name in the marriage schedule.

(5)

The circumstances, in relation to the officiant specified in the marriage schedule referred to in paragraph (4), are that officiant’s –

(a)

sudden death;

(b)

sudden illness; or

(c)

unavoidable delay.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 6 in operation at 1.1.2004, see reg. 1