13.—(1) A person is entitled, on payment of a fee, to obtain from the Registrar General for Northern Ireland—
(a)a certified copy of any entry in a marriage register book transmitted to the Registrar General under article 6 of the Foreign Marriage Order 1970(1);
(b)a certified copy of any of the following documents transmitted to the Registrar General in accordance with article 7 of that Order—
(i)a certificate of a foreign marriage;
(ii)any translation of such a certificate;
(iii)any certificate produced by a consular officer regarding the accuracy of the translation.
(2) The fee payable under sub-paragraph (1) is the amount equal to the sum of the fees for the time being charged by the Registrar General for Northern Ireland for—
(a)the provision of a document relating to an entry in a marriage registration record, and
(b)a search of the indexes to marriage registration records in the Registrar General’s custody.
(3) A certified copy provided under sub-paragraph (1)(a) is sufficient evidence of the marriage.
(4) A certified copy provided under sub-paragraph (1)(b) of any entry in the register under the Foreign Marriage Act 1892 is sufficient evidence of the formation of a foreign marriage.
(5) In this regulation “foreign marriage” means a marriage solemnized outside the United Kingdom.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 13 in force at 13.1.2020, see reg. 1(2)
I2Reg. 11 in force at 13.1.2020, see reg. 1(2)
S.I. 1970/1539, made under 1892 c.23 and revoked in relation to England and Wales, and Scotland, by article 17 of S.I. 2014/1110.