Civil Partnership Act 2004

Marriage Act 1949 (c. 76)

13 (1) Amend section 1 (marriages within prohibited degrees) as follows.

(2) In subsection (1), for the words from “between a man” to “the said Part I,” substitute “between a person and any person mentioned in the list in Part 1 of Schedule 1”.

(3) In subsection (2), for the words from “between a man” to “the said Part II,” substitute “between a person and any person mentioned in the list in Part 2 of Schedule 1”.

(4) In subsection (4), for the words from “between a man” to “the said Part III” substitute “between a person and any person mentioned in the list in Part 3 of Schedule 1”.

(5) In subsection (5) for paragraphs (a) to (d) substitute—

“(a) in the case of a marriage between a person and the parent of a former spouse of that person, after the death of both the former spouse and the former spouse’s other parent;

(b) in the case of a marriage between a person and the parent of a former civil partner of that person, after the death of both the former civil partner and the former civil partner’s other parent;

(c) in the case of a marriage between a person and the former spouse of a child of that person, after the death of both the child and the child’s other parent;

(d) in the case of a marriage between a person and the former civil partner of a child of that person, after the death of both the child and the child’s other parent.”

(6) Omit subsections (6) to (8).