14. A marriage celebrated after the commencement of this Article shall be voidable on the following grounds only, that is to say—
(a)that the marriage has not been consummated owing to the incapacity of either party to consummate it;
(b)that the marriage has not been consummated owing to the wilful refusal of the respondent to consummate it;
(c)that either party to the marriage did not validly consent to it, whether in consequence of duress, mistake or unsoundness of mind or otherwise;
(d)that at the time of the marriage either party, though capable of giving a valid consent, was suffering (whether continuously or intermittently) from mental disorder within the meaning of the Mental Health[F1 (Northern Ireland) Order 1986] of such a kind or to such an extent as to be unfitted for marriage;
(e)that at the time of the marriage the respondent was suffering from venereal disease in a communicable form;
(f)that at the time of the marriage the respondent was pregnant by some person other than the petitioner.
[F2(g)that an interim gender recognition certificate under the Gender Recognition Act 2004 has, after the time of the marriage, been issued to either party to the marriage;]
[F2(h)that the respondent is a person whose gender at the time of the marriage had become the acquired gender under the Gender Recognition Act 2004][F3;
but paragraphs (a) and (b) do not apply to the marriage of a same-sex couple.]
F3Words in art. 14 inserted (13.1.2020) by The Marriage (Same-sex Couples) and Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1514), regs. 1(2), 35(5) (with regs. 6-9)