# The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2015, Regulation 3: Completion of forms

Extent: E+W

(1) Forms 1(w) to 6(w) and 9(w) to 12(w) in Schedule 1 must be completed in English and must also be completed in Welsh if—
(a) in the case of—
(i) forms 1(w) to 6(w), 9(w), 11(w) and 12(w), the party giving notice of the marriage, and
(ii) form 10(w), the person making the declaration,
so elects, and provides the required particulars in both languages, and the person by whom the notice, or as the case may be the declaration, is attested can understand and write Welsh;
(aa) in the case of form 11A(w) or 11B(w)—
(i) the parties to the marriage so elect,
(ii) the forms in which notice of the marriage was given by the parties were both completed in Welsh as well as English, and
(iii) the person issuing the marriage schedule can understand and write Welsh;
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(1A) Form 13A(w) in Schedule 1 must be completed in English and must also be completed in Welsh if—
(a) the parties to the marriage so elect and provide the required particulars in both languages, and
(b) the person issuing the marriage document can understand and write Welsh.
(1B) The references in paragraphs (1) and (1A) to the completion of form 11A(w), 11B(w) or 13A(w) are references to—
(a) in the case of form 11A(w) or 11B(w), the entering of particulars in that form for the purposes of issuing a marriage schedule under section 31(2) of the Act;
(b) in the case of form 13A(w), the entering of particulars in that form for the purposes of issuing a marriage document under section 21A(2) of the Act.
(2) Where a form of words set out in column 1 of Schedule 2 to these Regulations is used in completing a form in English, the corresponding form of words set out in column 2 must be used where the form is also completed in Welsh.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/207/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-marriages-regulations-2015/regulation-3
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