SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 6Marriage overseas

PART 2Marriage under foreign law: certificates of no impediment

Provision for certificates of no impediment

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1

Her Majesty may by Order in Council make provision for the issue of certificates of no impediment to—

a

United Kingdom nationals, and

b

such other persons as may be prescribed,

who wish to marry in prescribed countries or territories outside the United Kingdom.

2

A certificate of no impediment is a certificate that no legal impediment to the recipient entering into the marriage has been shown to the person issuing the certificate to exist.