# The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2015, Paragraph 4: Evidence of place of residence

Extent: E+W

(1) For the purposes of section 28B(1)(c) of the Act, one of the following original documents must be provided to the superintendent registrar as evidence of the place of residence of a person giving a notice of marriage under section 27(1) of the Act—
(a) utility bill dated no more than three months before the date on which notice of marriage is given;
(b) bank or building society statement or passbook dated no more than one month before the date on which notice of marriage is given;
(c) council tax bill dated no more than 12 months before the date on which notice of marriage is given;
(d) mortgage statement dated no more than 12 months before the date on which notice of marriage is given;
(e) current residential tenancy agreement;
(f) valid driving licence in the name of the person giving notice of marriage;
(g) letter from the owner or proprietor (“X”) of the address which is the person’s place of residence which—
(i) confirms that the person has resided at the address for at least seven days immediately prior to the date on which notice of marriage is given,
(ii) states that X is the owner or proprietor,
(iii) states X’s name,
(iv) states X’s address, and
(v) is signed and dated by X;
(h) if none of the documents listed in sub-paragraphs (a) to (g) are available, such other evidence as the Registrar General determines it is reasonable to accept in the particular circumstances of the case.
(2) The evidence mentioned in sub-paragraphs (a) to (e) of paragraph 4(1) must—
(a) be in the name of the person giving notice of marriage, or, where it is in the name of more than one person, one of them must be the person giving notice, and
(b) show the person’s place of residence as the address to which the evidence was sent.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/207/schedule/3/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-marriages-regulations-2015/schedule-3/paragraph-4
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