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Marriage Act 1949

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44C Other shared places of worship: registration and cancellation

(1) The Secretary of State may by statutory instrument make regulations about— (a) registration applications relating to other shared places of worship; (b) cancellation applications relating to other shared places of worship; (c) the sharing churches' use of other shared places of worship (in cases where those places are registered under section 43A) for the solemnization of marriages of same sex couples. (2) The provision that may be made under subsection (1)(a) or (b) includes provision about the procedures to be followed on registration applications or cancellation applications. (3) In this section “other shared place of worship” means a shared building— (a) which has been certified as required by law as a place of religious worship, but (b) to which sections 44A and 44B do not apply because the building is neither— (i) subject to a sharing agreement, nor (ii) used as mentioned in section 6(4) of the 1969 Act.

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44C Other shared places of worship: registration and cancellation

(1) The Secretary of State may by statutory instrument make regulations about— (a) registration applications relating to other shared places of worship; (b) cancellation applications relating to other shared places of worship; (c) the sharing churches' use of other shared places of worship (in cases where those places are registered under section 43A) for the solemnization of marriages of same sex couples. (2) The provision that may be made under subsection (1)(a) or (b) includes provision about the procedures to be followed on registration applications or cancellation applications. (3) In this section “other shared place of worship” means a shared building— (a) which has been certified as required by law as a place of religious worship, but (b) to which sections 44A and 44B do not apply because the building is neither— (i) subject to a sharing agreement, nor (ii) used as mentioned in section 6(4) of the 1969 Act.

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