Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Registration of Marriages (Amendment) Regulations 2009 and shall come into force on 16 ^th November 2009.

Amendment of the Registration of Marriages Regulations 1986

2. —(1)The Registration of Marriages Regulations 1986( 9 ) are amended as follows.

(2) In Schedule 1 (prescribed forms)—

(a) For form 1, substitute form 1 in Schedule 1 to these Regulations;

(b) For form 1A, substitute form 1A in Schedule 1 to these Regulations;

(c) For form 1B, substitute form 1B in Schedule 1 to these Regulations;

(d) For form 1C, substitute form 1C in Schedule 1 to these Regulations;

(e) For form 3, substitute form 3 in Schedule 1 to these Regulations; and

(f) For form 9, substitute form 9 in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.

Amendment of the Registration of Marriages (Welsh Language) Regulations 1999

3. —(1)The Registration of Marriages (Welsh Language) Regulations 1999( 10 ) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2 for “forms 1, 1A, 1B or 1C and 4” substitute “forms 1, 1A, 3, 1B, 1C and 4”, and for “forms 1, 1A, 1B or 1C and 3” substitute “forms 1, 1A, 1D, 1B, 1C and 3”.

(3) In Schedule 1 (prescribed forms)—

(a) In the list headed “Contents”, after the reference to form 1C insert a reference to form 1D in Schedule 2 to these Regulations by inserting—

(i) “1D” in the column with the heading “Form”;

(ii) “2” in the column with the heading “Relevant Regulation”;

(iii) “Notice of marriage by Registrar General’s licence” in the column with the heading “Description”; and

(iv) “Marriage (Registrar General’s Licence) Act 1970, section 2(1)” in the column with the heading “Statutory Purpose”;

(b) For form 1, substitute form 1 in Schedule 2 to these Regulations;

(c) For form 1A, substitute form 1A in Schedule 2 to these Regulations;

(d) For form 1B, substitute form 1B in Schedule 2 to these Regulations;

(e) For form 1C, substitute form 1C in Schedule 2 to these Regulations;

(f) After form 1C, insert form 1D in Schedule 2 to these Regulations; and

(g) For form 6, substitute form 6 in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.

Regulation 2(2)

SCHEDULE 1

Regulation 3(1)(a)(i)Marriage Act 1949, s.27(1)

FORM 1

Regulation 3(1)(a)(ii)Marriage Act 1949, s.27(1)

FORM 1A

Regulation 3(2)(a)Marriage Act 1949, s.27(1)

FORM 1B

Regulation 3(2)(b)Marriage Act 1949, s.27(1)

FORM 1C

Regulation 3(1)(c)Marriage (Registrar General’s Licence) Act 1970, s.2(1)

FORM 3

Regulation 7(1)Marriage Act 1949, s.31(2)

FORM 9

Regulation 3(3)

SCHEDULE 2

Regulation 2Marriage Act 1949, s.27(1)

FORM 1

Regulation 2Marriage Act 1949, s.27(1)

FORM 1A

Regulation 2Marriage Act 1949, s.27(1)

FORM 1B

Regulation 2Marriage Act 1949, s.27(1)

FORM 1C

Regulation 2Marriage (Registrar General’s Licence) Act 1970, s.2(1)

FORM 1D

Regulation 5Marriage Act 1949, s.31(2)

FORM 6