Marriage (Forms) Regulations 1995 (SR 1995/184) (as at 24 January 2009)

Regulation by clause

3 Forms
  • There are hereby prescribed—

    • (a) Subject to paragraphs (ab) and (b) of this regulation, for a notice of intended marriage under section 23(1) of the Act, form 1:

    • (ab) for a notice of intended marriage under section 23(1) of the Act where the parties are currently in a civil union with each other and wish to change the form of their relationship into marriage under section 18 of the Civil Union Act 2004, form 1A:

    • (b) For a notice of intended marriage under section 23(1) where the bride and groom are ordinarily resident outside New Zealand, form 2

    • (c) For a marriage licence under section 24(1) of the Act, form 3

    • (d) subject to paragraph (da), for a form to be issued under section 24(1)(b) of the Act by a Registrar for the purpose of returning (under section 56(1)(a) of the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 1995) information relating to marriages solemnised by marriage celebrants, exempt religious bodies, or under section 32 of the Act, form 4:

    • (da) for a form to be issued under section 24(1)(b) of the Act by a Registrar for the purpose of returning (under section 56(1)(a) of the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 1995) information relating to marriages solemnised by marriage celebrants, exempt religious bodies, or under section 32 of the Act, which are a change in the form of relationship from civil union, form 4A:

    • (e) For a notice to the Registrar-General under subsection (1) of section 41 of the Act from a person who intends to be married in a country other than New Zealand and according to the law of that country and who desires to obtain a certificate under subsection (4) of that section, form 5

    • (f) For a certificate under section 41(4) of the Act that after proper notices have been given no lawful impediment to a marriage has been shown to the Registrar-General to exist, form 6

    • (g) For a notice to a Registrar under section 42(1) of the Act from a citizen of a Commonwealth country or the Republic of Ireland resident in New Zealand who desires to marry outside New Zealand, form 7:

    • (h) For a certificate issued by a Registrar under subsection (1) of section 42 of the Act that notice of an intended marriage has been given under subsection (1) of that section, form 8

    • (i) For a certificate from a New Zealand representative under section 43(1) of the Act that the representative has attended the marriage of a New Zealand citizen in a country other than New Zealand and is satisfied that the marriage has been solemnised in accordance with the formalities of the law of that other country, form 9.

    Paragraph (a) was amended, as from 26 April 2005, by regulation 3(1) Marriage (Forms) Amendment Regulations 2005 (SR 2005/84) by substituting the words paragraphs (ab) and (b) for the word paragraph (b).

    Paragraph (ab) was inserted, as from 26 April 2005, by regulation 3(2) Marriage (Forms) Amendment Regulations 2005 (SR 2005/84).

    Paragraph (d) was substituted, as from 26 April 2005, by regulation 3(3) Marriage (Forms) Amendment Regulations 2005 (SR 2005/84).

    Regulation 3(d): amended, on 24 January 2009, by section 49(2) of the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 48).

    Paragraph (da) was inserted, as from 26 April 2005, by regulation 3(3) Marriage (Forms) Amendment Regulations 2005 (SR 2005/84).

    Regulation 3(da): amended, on 24 January 2009, by section 49(2) of the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 48).