Age of Marriage Act (Northern Ireland) 1951

1951 CHAPTER 25

An Act to make void marriages between persons either of whom is under the age of sixteen.

[20th December 1951]

1 Avoidance of marriages where either party is under sixteen. N.I.

(1) A marriage between persons either of whom is under the age of sixteen shall be void:

F1 ...[1885 c.69]

(2) F2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F1 Words in s. 1(1) omitted (13.1.2020) by virtue of The Marriage (Same-sex Couples) and Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1514), regs. 1(2), 125(1) (with regs. 6-9, 125(2))

F2 S. 1(2) repealed (2.2.2009) by Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1769 (N.I. 2)), arts. 1(3), 81, 83, Sch. 1 para. 9, Sch. 3; S.R. 2008/510, art. 2

S. 2 rep. by 1995 NI 2

3 Short title. N.I.

This Act may be cited as the Age of Marriage Act (Northern Ireland), 1951.