HC Deb 16 June 1999 vol 333 c521

Amendments made: No. 84, in page 94, line 36, leave out '"twenty-one" substitute "15"' and insert '"said period of twenty-one days" substitute "waiting period in relation to each notice of marriage"'.

No. 85, in page 94, line 37, at end insert— '( ) In section 31 of the 1949 Act, after subsection (4) insert—

"(4A) "The waiting period", in relation to a notice of marriage, means—

  1. (a) the period of 15 days, or
  2. (b) such shorter period as may be determined by the Registrar General under subsection (5A) or by a superintendent registrar under any provision of regulations made under subsection (5D),
after the day on which the notice of marriage was entered in the marriage notice book.'".

No. 86, in page 95, line 2, leave out ',(2) and (4)' and insert 'and (2)'.

No. 87, in page 95, line 4, leave out 'references' and insert 'reference'.

No. 88, in page 95, line 4, leave out '75(2)(d) and (3)(a) are' and insert '75(3)(a) is'.

No. 89, in page 95, line 5, leave out 'references' and insert 'a reference'.—[Mr. Mike Hall.]

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