# The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2015, Regulation 11D: Closure of marriage register books kept by a registrar


(1) This regulation applies to a marriage register book—
(a) which was in the custody of a registrar under section 59 of the Act immediately before 4th May 2021 (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 (5) has been complied with in relation to the marriage register book, the registrar must continue to keep it in the manner in which it was required to be kept under section 59 of the Act immediately before 4th May 2021.
(3) Subject to paragraph (4), the registrar must close the marriage register book as soon as practicable by striking through, in ink, all unused entries in it.
(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 it.
(5) As soon as practicable after the registrar has closed the marriage register book under paragraph (3) and made all copies of entries in the book required for the purposes of complying with section 57 of the Act, the registrar must send the book to the appropriate superintendent registrar.
(6) In this regulation—
“the appropriate superintendent registrar” means the superintendent registrar of the registration district where the premises in which the marriage register book was kept immediately before 4th May 2021 are situated;
“pre-commencement marriage” means a marriage solemnized in the presence of the registrar before 4th May 2021.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/207/regulation/11D (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-marriages-regulations-2015/regulation-11D
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