text: *Made* *-* *-* *-* *-* *29th April 2021*
  
  *Coming into force -* *-* *4th May 2021*
  
  The Registrar General makes these Regulations with the approval of the Secretary of State in 
  exercise of the powers conferred by section 74(1)(c)(v), (1A)(a) and (3) of the Marriage Act 
  1949(**a**). 
  
  **Citation, commencement, extent and interpretation**
  
  **1.**—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Marriage (Keeping of Records in Churches and 
  
  Chapels) Regulations 2021. 
  
  (2) These Regulations come into force on 4th May 2021. 
  (3) These Regulations extend to England and Wales. 
  (4) In these Regulations, “chapel” does not include a chapel to which Part 5 of the Marriage Act 
  1949 (marriages in naval, military and air force chapels) applies(**b**). 
  
  **Duty of parochial church councils to provide registers of marriage services**
  
  **2.**—(1) The parochial church council of a parish must provide books for the purpose of making 
  records under regulation 3 to each church and chapel of the Church of England(**c**) in that parish in 
  which banns of matrimony may be published. 
  
  (2) Books provided under paragraph (1) are to be known as “registers of marriage services”. 
  (3) A register of marriage services provided under paragraph (1) must meet the requirements of 
  paragraphs (4) and (5). 
  
  (4) The register must be made of durable material. 
  (5) For the purposes of enabling a record to be made in the register under regulation 3 in respect 
  
  of a marriage, the register must be printed in such a way that it— 