30(1)Section 75 (offences relating to solemnization of marriages) is amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (1)(b), for “a certificate” substitute “certificates”.
(3)In subsection (2)—
(a)in paragraph (a)(ii), for “notice of marriage and certificate” substitute “notices of marriage and certificates”;
(b)in paragraph (d), for “a certificate” substitute “certificates” and for from “(not being” to “book” substitute “before the expiry of the waiting period in relation to each notice of marriage”; and
(c)in paragraph (e), for “a certificate” substitute “certificates”.
(4)After subsection (2), insert—
“(2A)In subsection (2)(d) “the waiting period” has the same meaning as in section 31(4A).”
(5)In subsection (3), for paragraph (a) substitute—
“(a)issues any certificate for marriage before the expiry of 15 days from the day on which the notice of marriage was entered in the marriage notice book;”.
(6)In subsection (3), in paragraph (b), omit “or licence”.