The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provision) Order 2014

Provisions coming into force on 13th March 2014

3.  The following provisions of the Act come into force on 13th March 2014—

(a) sections 1 to 3;

(b) section 4 so far as it is not already in force;

(c) section 5;

(d) sections 7 and 8;

(e) section 10(1) and (2);

(f) section 11(1) to (3) and (5) to (7);

(g) Schedule 1 so far as it is not already in force;

(h) paragraphs 2(1), 3 and 4 of Schedule 2, and section 10(3) so far as it relates to those paragraphs;

(i) Schedule 3;

(j) the following paragraphs of Schedule 4 so far as they are not already in force, and section 11(4) so far as it relates to those paragraphs—

(i) paragraphs 1 to 10;

(ii) paragraphs 11 to 14 except so far as they relate to a case where a spouse is, or was at the time of her death, a woman by virtue of a full gender recognition certificate having been issued under the Gender Recognition Act 2004(1) and the marriage subsisted before the time when that certificate was issued;

(iii) paragraph 17 except so far as it relates to a relevant gender change case for the purposes of the Equality Act 2010(2);

(iv) paragraph 18 except so far as it relates to a relevant gender change case for the purposes of the Pension Schemes Act 1993(3);

(v) paragraph 19;

(vi) paragraphs 20 to 22 except so far as they relate to a relevant gender change case for the purposes of the Pension Schemes Act 1993;

(vii) paragraphs 24 to 26; and

(viii) paragraph 27(1) and (2); and

(k) the following paragraphs of Schedule 7, and section 17(4) so far as it relates to those paragraphs—

(i) paragraphs 1 to 20;

(ii) paragraphs 22 to 28;

(iii) paragraphs 31 to 33; and

(iv) paragraphs 35 to 45.

(1)

2004 c. 7.

(2)

2010 c. 15.

(3)

1993 c. 48.