text: (**a**) 1949 c. 76 (12 & 13 Geo 6). Section 74 was amended by Schedule 2 to the Registration Service Act 1953 (c. 37) and by 
  paragraph 5(1)(d) of Schedule 2 to the Transfer of Functions (Registration) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/678) and subsequently 
  renumbered as section 74(1) by article 12 of the Registration of Marriages etc. (Electronic Communications and Electronic 
  Storage) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/2821). Section 74(1) was amended by paragraph 19 of Schedule 15 to the Immigration Act 
  2016 (c. 19) and paragraph 43 of Schedule 1 to the Registration of Marriages Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/411), which also 
  inserted subsection (1A). 
  (**b**) See section 68(2) of the Marriage Act 1949. The certification function of the Admiralty under that section was transferred to 
  the Secretary of State by the Defence (Transfer of Functions) Act 1964 (c. 15). 
  (**c**) Section 78(2) of the Marriage Act 1949 provides for references to the Church of England to be construed as including 