Foreign Marriage Act 1892

Foreign Marriage Act 1892

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to consolidate Enactments relating to the Marriage of British Subjects outside the United Kingdom.
Citation	55 & 56 Vict. c. 23
Territorial extent	Originally the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; presently the Republic of Ireland.
Dates
Royal assent	27 June 1892
Commencement	27 June 1892
Repealed	3 June 2014: England, Wales and Scotland 13 January 2020: Northern Ireland
Other legislation
Repealed by	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013: England, Wales and Scotland The Marriage (Same-sex Couples) and Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2019: Northern Ireland
Status
England and Wales	Repealed
Scotland	Repealed
Republic of Ireland	Amended
Northern Ireland	Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended (Great Britain and Northern Ireland) (Republic of Ireland) Revised text of statute as amended]

The Foreign Marriage Act 1892 (55 & 56 Vict. c. 23) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to provide legal authority for marriages of British subjects performed outside the United Kingdom. It authorised British officials abroad to perform the marriage ceremony, and set out the necessary formalities to be followed, such as notice requirements and registration of the marriage with the British government. Marriages performed under the act would then be recognised under British law as if they had been performed in the United Kingdom. The act also provided that marriages performed abroad under local laws could be registered with the British government, provided a British consular official personally witnessed the marriage.

When originally enacted in 1892, the act applied to all of Great Britain and Ireland. It was repealed in 2013 for England and Wales, and for Scotland. It was repealed in 2019 for Northern Ireland. The act is still in force in the Republic of Ireland.