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| | For other Amendment(s) see the following page(s) of Supplement to Votes:
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| | 953-59, 1103-06, 1109-11 and 1177-78 |
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| | Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill |
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| | | Marriages according to usages of approved organisations |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘(1) | In the Marriage Act 1949, insert the following section— |
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| | | “47A | Marriages according to usages of approved organisations |
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| | | (1) | The Registrar General may by certificate approve organisations to |
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| | | solemnize marriages according to their usages provided that any such |
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| | | (a) | is a registered charity principally concerned with advancing or |
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| | | practising the non-religious belief known as humanism; |
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| | | (b) | has been in continuous existence for five years; and |
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| | | (c) | appears to the Registrar General to be of good repute. |
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| | | (2) | In the certificate referred to in subsection (1) the Registrar General shall |
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| | | designate an officer of the organisation (“the principal officer”) to |
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| | | appoint persons for stated periods of time to act as registering officers on |
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| | | behalf of the organisation, and may impose such conditions as seem to |
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| | | him or her to be desirable relative to the conduct of marriages by the |
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| | | organisation and to the safe custody of marriage register books. |
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| | | (3) | The principal officer shall, within the prescribed time and in the |
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| | | prescribed manner, certify the names and addresses of the persons so |
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| | | appointed to the Registrar General and to the superintendent registrars of |
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| | | the registration districts in which such persons live, together with such |
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| | | other details as the Registrar General shall require. |
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| | | (4) | A marriage shall not be solemnized according to the usages of an |
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| | | approved organisation until duplicate marriage register books have been |
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| | | supplied by the Registrar General under Part IV of this Act to the |
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| | | registering officers appointed to act on behalf of the organisation. |
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| | | (5) | If the Registrar General is not satisfied with respect to any registering |
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| | | officer of the approved organisation that sufficient security exists for the |
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| | | safe custody of marriage register books, he or she may in his or her |
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| | | discretion suspend the appointment of that registering officer. |
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| | | (6) | A marriage to which this section applies shall be solemnized with open |
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| | | doors in the presence of either— |
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| | | (a) | a registrar of the registration district in which the marriage takes |
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| | | (b) | a registering officer appointed under subsection (2) whose name |
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| | | and address have been certified in accordance with subsection |
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| | | (3) and of two witnesses; and the persons to be married shall |
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| | | make the declarations and use the form of words set out in |
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| | | subsection (3) or (3A) of section 44. |
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| | | (7) | A marriage solemnized according to the usages of an approved |
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| | | organisation shall not be valid unless there is produced to the |
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| | | superintendent registrar, at the time when notice of marriage is given, a |
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| | | certificate purporting to be signed by the principal officer or a registering |
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| | | officer of the approved organisation to the effect that each person giving |
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| | | notice of marriage is either a member of the said organisation or is |
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| | | authorised to be married according to the said usages under or in |
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| | | pursuance of a general rule of the said approved organisation. |
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| | | (8) | A certificate under subsection (7) shall be for all purposes conclusive |
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| | | evidence that any person to whom it relates is authorised to be married |
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| | | according to the usages of the said organisation and the entry of the |
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| | | marriage in a marriage register book under Part IV of this Act, or a |
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| | | certified copy thereof made under the said Part IV, shall be conclusive |
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| | | evidence of the production of such a certificate. |
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| | | (9) | A copy of any general rule of the said organisation purporting to be |
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| | | signed by the principal officer for the time being of the said organisation |
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| | | shall be admitted as evidence of the general rule in all proceedings |
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| | | touching the validity of any marriage solemnized according to the usages |
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| | | of the said organisation.”. |
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| | | (2) | Schedule [Consequential amendments—Marriage according to usages of |
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| | | approved organisations] has effect.’. |
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| | Page 3, line 28 [Clause 2], after paragraph (i) insert— |
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| | | ‘(iA) | section 47A (marriage according to the usages of approved |
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