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(1) These regulations may be cited as the Marriage (Authorised Persons) (Amendment) Regulations 1974 and shall come into operation on 1st April 1974.
(2) These regulations, the marriage (Authorised Persons) Regulations 1952, as amended, and the Marriage (Authorised Persons) (Amendment) Regulations 1971 shall be construed as one and may be cited together as the Marriage (Authorised Persons) Regulations 1952 to 1974.
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The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply to the interpretation of these regulations as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
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In regulations 10 and 3(1) of the Marriage (Authorised Persons) Regulations 1952 (as amended), for the words “administrative county, borough” there shall be substituted the words “non-metropolitan county, metropolitan district.”
Given under my hand on 25th March 1974.
G. Paine
Registrar General
I approve.
Barbara Castle
Secretary of State for Social Services
26th March 1974