Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
In section 26(1) of the Marriage Act 1949 (marriages which may be solemnized on authority of superintendent registrar’s certificate) after paragraph (b) there shall be inserted—.
After section 46 of that Act there shall be inserted—
The Schedule to this Act contains amendments consequential on those set out above in this section.
In section 35 of the Marriage Act 1949 (marriages in registration district in which neither party resides) after subsection (2) there shall be inserted—
For section 36 of that Act (superintendent registrar to issue licences only for marriages to be solemnized in his registration district) there shall be substituted—
This Act may be cited as the Marriage Act 1994.
This Act shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may appoint by order made by statutory instrument; and different days may be appointed for different purposes.
Approved Premises: Consequential Amendments
The Marriage Act 1949 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs 2 to 8 below.
In section 27(3) (particulars to be stated in a notice of marriage) for “the church or other building in which” there shall be substituted “ the church or other building or premises in or on which ”.
In section 49 (void marriages)—
after paragraph (e) there shall be inserted—,
the word “or” at the end of paragraph (f) and of paragraph (g) shall be omitted, and
after paragraph (g) there shall be inserted—.
In section 50(1) of that Act (person to whom superintendent registrar’s certificate to be delivered) after paragraph (c) there shall be inserted—.
After section 51(1) (fees of registrars for attending marriages) there shall be inserted—
In section 53 (persons by whom marriages are to be registered) after paragraph (f) there shall be added—
In section 75 (offences relating to solemnization of marriages)—
in subsection (2)(a)(ii) after “office” there shall be inserted “ , approved premises ”,
after subsection (2)(a) there shall be inserted—,
after subsection (2)(c) there shall be inserted—, and
in subsection (3)(d) for “section 26(1)(dd)” there shall be substituted “ section 26(1)(bb) or (dd) ”.
In section 78(1) (interpretation) before the definition of “authorised chapel” there shall be inserted—.
In section 1(1) of the Marriage (Registrar General’s Licence) Act 1970 (marriages which may be solemnized by Registrar General’s licence) for “elsewhere than at a registered building or the office of a superintendent registrar” there shall be substituted “ elsewhere than at a registered building, the office of a superintendent registrar or approved premises ”.