{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-marriages-regulations-2015/regulation-9B",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2015/207",
  "legislation_title": "The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-marriages-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/9B",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9B",
  "heading": "Prescribed content of marriage schedule: particulars about the condition of the parties",
  "text": "(1) A superintendent registrar required to issue a marriage schedule under section 31(2) of the Act must enter the particulars required in space 4 (condition of the parties) on form 11A, 11A(w), 11B or 11B(w) (as the case may be) in accordance with this regulation.\n(2) The superintendent registrar must enter, in relation to each party to the proposed marriage separately (in the column relating to that party), the word or words required by whichever entry in column (3) of the table in this regulation corresponds to the entry in column (2) of that table describing the condition of that party or the circumstances.\n(3) But the requirement of paragraph (2) to enter particulars in relation to each party separately is subject to paragraph (4), which applies where—\n(a) the circumstances are those in column (2) of row 4, 9, 10, 13 or 14 of the table; or\n(b) the circumstances are those in column (2) of row 11, 12, 15 or 16 of the table and the corresponding entry in column (3) requires words to be entered in the form of a single entry in relation to both parties.\n(4) Where this paragraph applies, the superintendent registrar must enter the words required by the relevant entry in column (3) of the table in the form of a single entry relating to both parties across both columns of space 4 (instead of entering those words in relation to each party separately).\n(5) The superintendent registrar must not enter anything in space 4 other than the word or words required by this regulation.\n(1) Row number\n(2) Condition of party or circumstances\n(3) Word(s) to enter in space 4\n1.\nParty has not previously been married or formed a civil partnership.\n“Single”.\n2.\nParty’s previous marriage was terminated by death.\n“Widow” or “Widower” (as the case may be).\n3.\nParty’s previous civil partnership was terminated by death.\n“Surviving civil partner”.\n4.\nThe circumstances are that—\n(a)the parties have previously been through a form of marriage with each other (other than a marriage known to have been null and void),\n(b)neither party has since married, or formed a civil partnership with, a third party, and\n(c)the purpose of performing the proposed marriage ceremony is the avoidance of doubt as to the validity of the previous ceremony.\n“Previously went through a form of marriage at … on …” (including in the appropriate places particulars of the place and date of the previous ceremony).\n5.\nParty’s previous marriage was terminated by divorce (except where the circumstances are those in column (2) of row 9 or 11).\n“Previous marriage dissolved”.\n6.\nParty’s previous marriage was annulled on the ground that the marriage was voidable (except where the circumstances are those in column (2) of row 10 or 12).\n“Previous marriage annulled”.\n7.\nParty’s previous civil partnership was terminated by dissolution (except where the circumstances are those in column (2) of row 13 or 15).\n“Previous civil partnership dissolved”.\n8.\nParty’s previous civil partnership was annulled on the grounds that the civil partnership was voidable (except where the circumstances are those in column (2) of row 14 or 16).\n“Previous civil partnership annulled”.\n9.\nThe circumstances are that—\n(a)the parties have previously been through a form of marriage with each other (other than a marriage known to have been null and void),\n(b)the marriage was terminated by divorce,\n(c)neither party has since married, or formed a civil partnership with, a third party, and\n(d)neither party has been issued with a full gender recognition certificate under the Gender Recognition Act 2004 since the solemnization of the parties’ previous marriage.\n“Previously married at … on … Marriage dissolved on …” (including in the appropriate places particulars of the place and date of the previous marriage and the date of its dissolution).\n10.\nThe circumstances are that—\n(a)the parties have previously been through a form of marriage with each other (other than a marriage known to have been null and void),\n(b)the marriage was annulled,\n(c)neither party has since married, or formed a civil partnership with, a third party, and\n(d)neither party has been issued with a full gender recognition certificate under the Gender Recognition Act 2004 since the solemnization of the parties’ previous marriage.\n“Previously married at … on … Marriage annulled on …” (including in the appropriate places particulars of the place and date of the previous marriage and the date of its annulment).\n11.\nThe circumstances are that—\n(a)the parties have previously been through a form of marriage with each other (other than a marriage known to have been null and void),\n(b)the marriage was terminated by divorce,\n(c)neither party has since married, or formed a civil partnership with, a third party, and\n(d)a full gender recognition certificate has been issued under the Gender Recognition Act 2004 to either or each of the parties since the solemnization of the parties’ previous marriage.\nIf (and only if) both parties so request, the following words must be entered in the form of a single entry in relation to both parties—\n“Previously married at … on … Marriage dissolved on …” (including in the appropriate places particulars of the place and date of the previous marriage and the date of its dissolution).\nIf no request is made by the parties for a single entry in those terms, the words to be entered are—\n“Previous marriage dissolved”.\nBut if a party requests the word “Single” to be entered in relation to that party instead of the words “Previous marriage dissolved”, the word to be entered in relation to that party is—\n“Single”.\n12.\nThe circumstances are that—\n(a)the parties have previously been through a form of marriage with each other (other than a marriage known to have been null and void),\n(b)the marriage was annulled,\n(c)neither party has since married, or formed a civil partnership with, a third party, and\n(d)a full gender recognition certificate has been issued under the Gender Recognition Act 2004 to either or each of the parties since the solemnization of the parties’ previous marriage.\nIf (and only if) both parties so request, the following words must be entered, in the form of a single entry in relation to both parties—\n“Previously married at … on … Marriage annulled on …” (including in the appropriate places particulars of the place and date of the previous marriage and the date of its annulment).\nIf no request is made by the parties for a single entry in those terms, the words to be entered are—\n“Previous marriage annulled”.\nBut if a party requests the word “Single” to be entered in relation to that party instead of the words “Previous marriage annulled”, the word to be entered in relation to that party is—\n“Single”.\n13.\nThe circumstances are that—\n(a)the parties have previously been through a form of civil partnership with each other (other than a civil partnership known to be void),\n(b)the civil partnership was terminated by final order of dissolution,\n(c)neither party has since formed a civil partnership with, or married, a third party, and\n(d)neither party has been issued with a full gender recognition certificate under the Gender Recognition Act 2004 since the formation of the parties’ previous civil partnership.\n“Previously formed a civil partnership at … on … Civil partnership dissolved on …” (including in the appropriate places particulars of the place and date of the previous civil partnership and the date of its dissolution).\n14.\nThe circumstances are that—\n(a)the parties have previously been through a form of civil partnership with each other (other than a civil partnership known to be void),\n(b)the civil partnership was annulled,\n(c)neither party has since formed a civil partnership with, or married, a third party, and\n(d)neither party has been issued with a full gender recognition certificate under the Gender Recognition Act 2004 since the formation of the parties’ previous civil partnership.\n“Previously formed a civil partnership at … on … Civil partnership annulled on …” (including in the appropriate places particulars of the place and date of the previous civil partnership and the date of its annulment).\n15.\nThe circumstances are that—\n(a)the parties have previously been through a form of civil partnership with each other (other than a civil partnership known to be void),\n(b)the civil partnership was terminated by final order of dissolution,\n(c)neither party has since formed a civil partnership with, or married, a third party, and\n(d)a full gender recognition certificate has been issued under the Gender Recognition Act 2004 to either or each of the parties since the formation of the parties’ previous civil partnership.\nIf (and only if) both parties so request, the following words must be entered, in the form of a single entry in relation to both parties—\n“Previously formed a civil partnership at … on … Civil partnership dissolved on …” (including in the appropriate places particulars of the place and date of the previous civil partnership and the date of its dissolution).\nIf no request is made by the parties for a single entry in those terms, the words to be entered are—\n“Previous civil partnership dissolved”.\nBut if a party requests the word “Single” to be entered in relation to that party instead of the words “Previous civil partnership dissolved”, the word to be entered in relation to that party is—\n“Single”.\n16.\nThe circumstances are that—\n(a)the parties have previously been through a form of civil partnership with each other (other than a civil partnership known to be void),\n(b)the civil partnership was annulled,\n(c)neither party has since formed a civil partnership with, or married, a third party, and\n(d)a full gender recognition certificate has been issued under the Gender Recognition Act 2004 to either or each of the parties since the formation of the parties’ previous civil partnership.\nIf (and only if) both parties so request, the following words must be entered, in the form of a single entry in relation to both parties—\n“Previously formed a civil partnership at … on … Civil partnership annulled on …” (including in the appropriate places particulars of the place and date of the previous civil partnership and the date of its annulment).\nIf no request is made by the parties for a single entry in those terms, the words to be entered are—\n“Previous civil partnership annulled”.\nBut if a party requests the word “Single” to be entered in relation to that party instead of the words “Previous civil partnership annulled”, the word to be entered in relation to that party is—\n“Single”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Regs. 9A-9C inserted (19.4.2021) by The Registration of Marriages (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/412), regs. 1(2)(3)(e), 5"
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:48:07.021407+00:00"
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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