Regulation 11H Correction of marriage schedule: marriage to be solemnized in presence of registrar or authorised personF1

(1)

This regulation applies where—

(a)

a marriage is to be solemnized on the authority of a marriage schedule in the presence of a registrar or in a registered building in the presence of an authorised person, and

(b)

it appears to the registrar or the authorised person, before the marriage is solemnized, that the marriage schedule requires correction.

(2)

For the purposes of this regulation, a marriage schedule requires correction so far as—

(a)

any particulars (other than signatures) are missing from any of spaces 1 to 6, 8, 10 and 11 on the marriage schedule form,

(b)

any particulars in spaces 1 to 7 on the form have been incorrectly entered or are otherwise inaccurate,

(c)

particulars are included, in relation to a party, in space 7 (particulars of parents or step-parents) on the form about any person whose particulars the party does not wish the schedule to include, or

(d)

there are no particulars in that space, in relation to a party, about a parent or step-parent of that party whose particulars the party wishes the schedule to include, and the party has provided the required particulars of that parent or step-parent to the registrar or authorised person in whose presence the marriage is to be solemnized.

(3)

Subject to the following provisions of this regulation, the registrar or authorised person must make the amendments necessary to correct the marriage schedule, so far as it appears to require correction, before the marriage is solemnized.

(4)

Where a marriage schedule appears to require correction for the reason in paragraph (2)(b), an amendment made under paragraph (3) to correct the incorrectly entered or inaccurate particulars must be made in such a way that those particulars remain legible.

(5)

Where the marriage schedule appears to require correction for the reason in paragraph (2)(d), the registrar or authorised person—

(a)

must enter the particulars of the parent or step-parent provided by the party in space 7 on the form in accordance with regulation 9C(2) or (3) (as the case may be) as though the registrar or authorised person were a superintendent registrar entering particulars under that regulation, but

(b)

must not enter any particulars of any parent or step-parent in relation to the party if the result would be that, when the marriage is solemnized, space 7 in the column relating to that party on the form contains particulars of more than four individuals in total.

(6)

Where a registrar or authorised person corrects or adds particulars in space 4 (condition of the parties) on a marriage schedule form under this regulation, regulation 9B applies to determine what is to be entered in that space by the registrar or authorised person as it does to prescribe the content of that space in a marriage schedule issued by a superintendent registrar.

(7)

Where the marriage schedule was issued in Wales and appears to require correction for the reason in paragraph (2)(a) or (b), any amendment to make the necessary correction—

(a)

must be made in English where it is made to add missing particulars which were required to be entered in English or to correct incorrectly entered or inaccurate particulars which were entered or required to be entered in English, and

(b)

must be made in Welsh where it is made to add missing particulars which were required to be entered in Welsh or to correct incorrectly entered or inaccurate particulars which were entered or required to be entered in Welsh.

(8)

Where the marriage schedule was issued in Wales, contains particulars entered in Welsh and appears to require correction for the reason in paragraph (2)(d), any necessary amendment must be made by adding particulars in English and Welsh.

(9)

An amendment made under paragraph (3) must be made—

(a)

in the presence of the parties to the marriage, and

(b)

in ink of durable quality.

(10)

A registrar or authorised person making an amendment under paragraph (3) to particulars in any of spaces 1 to 7, 8, 10 and 11 of a marriage schedule form must initial the amendment, and ensure that it is initialled by the parties to the marriage, before the marriage is solemnized.

(11)

For the purposes of paragraph (2)(b), particulars in space 7 on a marriage schedule form—

(a)

are not inaccurate by reason only of the fact that any particular person either is or is not included as a parent or step-parent of the party, but

(b)

are inaccurate so far as they fail to include—

(i)

the word “deceased” in relation to a parent or step-parent who has died, or

(ii)

the word “retired” in relation to a parent or step-parent who has retired from a former occupation stated in the particulars relating to that parent or step-parent.

(12)

For the purposes of paragraph (2)(b), particulars in space 4 on a marriage schedule form are not inaccurate so far as they describe a party as “Single” as a result of that word having been entered in relation to that party in that space at that party’s request in accordance with these Regulations.

(13)

For the purposes of paragraph (2)(d), the “required particulars” of a parent or step-parent are the parent’s or step-parent’s—

(a)

name and surname, and

(b)

current occupation or, if the parent or step-parent has no current occupation or has died, former occupation (if any).

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