Commentary on Sections Part 4: Marriage and Civil Partnership Schedule 4: Referral of proposed marriages and civil partnerships in England and Wales Certificates
271.Paragraph 12 amends section 35 (marriage in registration district in which neither party resides) of the 1949 Act, to allow non-EEA nationals to marry in any Anglican place of worship that Church preliminaries would have allowed, notwithstanding that such couples must now complete civil rather than Church preliminaries.