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Marriage Act 1949

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65A Searches and records of information: additional provision

(1) The Secretary of State may make regulations for the purpose of enabling the Registrar General— (a) to carry out, on request, a search to find out whether the entries in the marriage register to which the Registrar General has access under section 53A(3) or the Registrar General's certified copies contain a particular entry; (b) to provide, on request, a record of information contained in such an entry, otherwise than in the form of a certified copy. (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) The regulations may make provision— (a) as to how a request for a search or a record may be made; (b) as to the forms in which a record may be provided. (4) The provision that may be made in the regulations includes provision for a record to be provided in a form that does not include all of the information contained in an entry. (5) Before making regulations under this section, the Secretary of State must consult the Registrar General. (6) Regulations under this section are to be made by statutory instrument. (7) A statutory instrument containing regulations under this section is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament. (8) This section does not affect the entitlement of any person to a certified copy of an entry in the marriage register under section 53D(10)(a) or in the Registrar General's certified copies. (9) In this section, “the Registrar General's certified copies” means the certified copies of entries in marriage register books ... kept in the General Register Office.

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65A Searches and records of information: additional provision

(1) The Secretary of State may make regulations for the purpose of enabling the Registrar General— (a) to carry out, on request, a search to find out whether the entries in the marriage register to which the Registrar General has access under section 53A(3) or the Registrar General's certified copies contain a particular entry; (b) to provide, on request, a record of information contained in such an entry, otherwise than in the form of a certified copy. (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) The regulations may make provision— (a) as to how a request for a search or a record may be made; (b) as to the forms in which a record may be provided. (4) The provision that may be made in the regulations includes provision for a record to be provided in a form that does not include all of the information contained in an entry. (5) Before making regulations under this section, the Secretary of State must consult the Registrar General. (6) Regulations under this section are to be made by statutory instrument. (7) A statutory instrument containing regulations under this section is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament. (8) This section does not affect the entitlement of any person to a certified copy of an entry in the marriage register under section 53D(10)(a) or in the Registrar General's certified copies. (9) In this section, “the Registrar General's certified copies” means the certified copies of entries in marriage register books ... kept in the General Register Office.

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