Marriage Regulations 2017
13Notice of dispensation or refusal to dispense with consent
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13 Notice of dispensation or refusal to dispense with consent
(1) If a prescribed authority dispenses with the consent of a person to a proposed marriage of a minor under section 15 of the Act, the prescribed authority must: (a) give the minor the dispensation in writing; and (b) return any documents that accompanied the application in accordance with section 12. (2) If a prescribed authority refuses an application to dispense with the consent of a person to a proposed marriage of a minor under section 15 of the Act, the prescribed authority must, within 14 days after the refusal: (a) give the minor written notice of the refusal and the reasons for the refusal; and (b) return any documents that accompanied the application in accordance with section 12.