S T A T U T O R Y I N S T R U M E N T S 2021 No. 539  MARRIAGE, ENGLAND AND WALES  The Marriage (Authorised Persons) Regulations 2021  Made  -  -  -  -  29th April 2021  Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2) and (3)  The Registrar General makes the following Regulations with the approval of the Secretary of State  in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 43(1) and 74(1)(a) and (b) of the Marriage Act  1949( a ).  1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Marriage (Authorised Persons) Regulations 2021.  Citation, commencement and extent  (2) The following provisions of these Regulations come into force on 4th May 2021—  (a) this regulation;  (b) regulation 3 so far as it revokes regulations 3, 5 and 9(1) of the Marriage (Authorised  Persons) Regulations 1952( b ).  (3) The following provisions of these Regulations come into force on 14th May 2021—  (a) regulation 2;  (b) regulation 3 so far as it revokes regulation 4 of, and the Schedule to, the Marriage  (Authorised Persons) Regulations 1952.  (4) These Regulations extend to England and Wales.  Manner and time of certification under section 43(1) of the Marriage Act 1949  2. —(1) This regulation applies for the purposes of section 43(1) of the Marriage Act 1949  (appointment of authorised persons for certain buildings and chapels registered for solemnization  of marriage)( c ).  (2) The prescribed manner in which the name and address of a person authorised under that  section are to be certified is by sending a written notice of the name and address to the required  recipients which—  ( a )  1949 c. 76 (12 & 13 Geo 6). Section 43(1) was amended by paragraph 10(3) and (4) of Schedule 7 to the Marriage (Same  Sex Couples) Act 2013 (c. 30) and is applied by section 70(1)(b) of the Marriage Act 1949 in relation to chapels registered  under section 70, with the modification made by Part 4 of Schedule 4 to that Act. Section 70 was amended by section 6(3)  of, and paragraph 18 of Schedule 7 to, the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013. 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 was 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).  ( b ) S.I. 1952/1869, amended by S.I. 2021/411; there are other amendments but they are not relevant to these Regulations.  ( c )  The functions of the Admiralty under section 43(1) of the Marriage Act 1949, as applied in relation to chapels registered  under section 70 with the modification made by Part 4 of Schedule 4, were transferred to the Secretary of State by the  Defence (Transfer of Functions) Act 1964 (c. 15). 