Regulation 10C Prescribed content of marriage document: particulars about the parties’ parentsF1
A person (“the issuer”) required to issue a marriage document under section 21A(2) of the Act must enter the particulars required in space 7 (particulars of parents) on form 13A or form 13A(w) (as the case may be) in accordance with this regulation in relation to each party to the proposed marriage.
Where a party provides the issuer with the required particulars of a parent of that party for inclusion in the marriage document, the issuer must—
enter those particulars in the column relating to that party,
if informed by the party that the parent has died, enter the word “deceased” after the parent’s surname, and
if provided with the parent’s former occupation and informed by the party that the parent has or had retired from that occupation, enter the word “retired” after that occupation.
Subject to paragraph (4), where a party provides the issuer with the required particulars of a step-parent of that party for inclusion in the marriage document, the issuer must—
enter those particulars in the column relating to that party,
enter the word “step-parent” after the step-parent’s surname,
if informed by the party that the step-parent has died, enter the word “deceased” after the word “step-parent”, and
if provided with the step-parent’s former occupation and informed by the party that the step-parent has or had retired from that occupation, enter the word “retired” after that occupation.
The issuer must not enter any particulars of any step-parent of a party under paragraph (3) if entering all the required particulars of step-parents provided by the party for inclusion in the marriage document would result in particulars of more than four individuals in total being entered in space 7 in relation to that party (including particulars of any parent of the party).
The issuer must not enter any particulars of a party’s parents or step-parents other than the particulars (if any) which this regulation requires the issuer to enter.
Where the issuer is not required by this regulation to enter any particulars at all in space 7 in relation to a party, the issuer must draw a line in ink, or cause a line to be printed, through that space in the column relating to that party.
In this regulation, “the required particulars” of a parent or step-parent are the parent’s or step-parent’s—
name and surname, and
current occupation or, if the parent or step-parent has no current occupation or has died, former occupation (if any).
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Regs. 10A-10C inserted (19.4.2021) by The Registration of Marriages (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/412), regs. 1(3)(f), 7