Regulation 11C Closure of marriage register books kept for registration of marriages solemnized in a registered building without the presence of a registrarF1

(1)

This regulation applies to a marriage register book—

(a)

which, immediately before 4th May 2021, was kept for the purpose of registering marriages solemnized in a registered building without the presence of a registrar (and which had therefore not been filled immediately before that date), and

(b)

in which the particulars of at least one marriage have been registered.

(2)

Until the obligation under paragraph (3)(b) has been complied with in relation to the marriage register book or the duplicate copy of that book, the authorised person for the registered building must keep the marriage register book—

(a)

in the registered building or in any other place where it was lawfully kept immediately before 4th May 2021, and

(b)

locked in a strong fire-resisting receptacle, except when access to it is required to register the particulars of a marriage or for the purposes of paragraph (3), or for any other lawful purpose.

(3)

Subject to paragraph (4), the authorised person for the registered building must ensure that—

(a)

the marriage register book is closed as soon as practicable by striking through, in ink, all unused entries in it, and

(b)

the marriage register book or its duplicate copy (but not both) is sent to the appropriate superintendent registrar as soon as practicable after both copies have been closed under sub-paragraph (a).

(4)

Paragraph (3) does not apply in relation to a marriage register book until all the particulars of every pre-commencement marriage required to be registered in that marriage register book have been registered in that book and in the other copy of that book kept for that purpose.

(5)

References in this regulation to the authorised person for a registered building are references to the authorised persons for the building where there is more than one authorised person for the building.

(6)

In this regulation—

“the appropriate superintendent registrar” means the superintendent registrar of the registration district where the registered building is situated;
“pre-commencement marriage” means a marriage solemnized in the registered building before 4th May 2021 without the presence of a registrar.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Pts. 2A-2C inserted (4.5.2021) by The Registration of Marriages (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/412), regs. 1(2), 10