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The Marriage (Authorised Persons) Regulations 2021 

# MARRIAGE, ENGLAND AND WALES 

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# 2021 No. 539 

The Registrar General makes the following Regulations with the approval of the Secretary of State in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 43(1) and 74(1)(a) and (b) of the Marriage Act 1949( a ). 

## Citation, commencement and extent 

1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Marriage (Authorised Persons) Regulations 2021. 

(2) The following provisions of these Regulations come into force on 4th May 2021— 

(a) this regulation; 

(b) regulation 3 so far as it revokes regulations 3, 5 and 9(1) of the Marriage (Authorised Persons) Regulations 1952( b ). 

(3) The following provisions of these Regulations come into force on 14th May 2021— 

(a) regulation 2; 

(b) regulation 3 so far as it revokes regulation 4 of, and the Schedule to, the Marriage (Authorised Persons) Regulations 1952. 

(4) These Regulations extend to England and Wales. 

## Manner and time of certification under section 43(1) of the Marriage Act 1949 

2. —(1) This regulation applies for the purposes of section 43(1) of the Marriage Act 1949 (appointment of authorised persons for certain buildings and chapels registered for solemnization of marriage)( c ). 

(2) The prescribed manner in which the name and address of a person authorised under that section are to be certified is by sending a written notice of the name and address to the required recipients which— 

