Moved by
Lord Bellamy
156ZC: Clause 55, page 56, line 36, leave out “written”
Member's explanatory statement
This amendment is consequential on new subsection (3A) of section 27A of the Marriage Act 1949, inserted by my amendment of Clause 55, page 57, line 19.
156ZD: Clause 55, page 57, line 19, at end insert—
“(1A) In section 27ZA of the Marriage Act 1949 (circumstances in which a notice of marriage is not to be recorded in the marriage register), in paragraph (a), at the appropriate place insert—
“section 27A(3A);”
(1B) In section 27A of the Marriage Act 1949 (additional information required in certain cases)—
(a) in subsection (3) (case where marriage intended to be solemnized at detained person’s residence)—
(i) omit the “and” at the end of paragraph (a);
(ii) at the end of paragraph (b) insert “; and
(c) stating whether the person is serving a life sentence and, if so, whether the person is subject to a whole life order.”;
(b) after subsection (3) insert—
“(3A) Where the relevant person is a detained person who is serving a life sentence and is subject to a whole life order, each notice of marriage required by section 27 of this Act must also be accompanied by a statement made by the Secretary of State not more than twenty-one days before the date on which notice of the marriage is given under section 27 stating that the relevant person has the permission required by section 2A(2).”
(c) in subsection (6), for “or (as the case may be) (3)” substitute “, (3) or (3A)”;
(d) in subsection (7), before the definition of “medical statement” insert—
““life sentence” and “whole life order” have the meanings given by section 2A(5) of this Act and section 2A(6) (persons treated as being subject to a whole life order) applies for the purposes of this section; and””
Member's explanatory statement
This amendment makes provision about notices of marriage in consequence of Clause 55 (whole life prisoners prohibited from forming a marriage).