# The Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Approved Premises) Regulations 2005, Paragraph 11


(1) Any proceedings conducted on approved premises shall not be religious in nature.
(2) In particular, the proceedings shall not—
(a) include extracts from an authorised religious marriage service or from sacred religious texts;
(b) be led by a minister of religion or other religious leader;
(c) involve a religious ritual or series of rituals;
(d) include hymns or other religious chants; or,
(e) include any form of worship.
(3) But the proceedings may include readings, songs, or music that contain an incidental reference to a god or deity in an essentially non-religious context.
(4) For this purpose any material used by way of introduction to, in any interval between parts of, or by way of conclusion to the proceedings shall be treated as forming part of the proceedings.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/3168/schedule/2/paragraph/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/marriages-and-civil-partnerships-approved-premises-regulations-2005/schedule-2/paragraph-11
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