The Marriage and Civil Partnership (Northern Ireland) (No. 2) Regulations 2020

Modifications of Marriage (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 and Civil Partnership Act 2004

15.—(1) The Marriage (Northern Ireland) Order 2003(1) has effect with the following modifications—

(a) the reference in Article 12(3) to not solemnising a marriage is to be read (except for the purposes of Article 38(2)(d)) as if it included a reference to not officiating at a relevant conversion;

(b) the reference in Article 14(1)(a) to solemnising one or more specified marriages is to be read as if it included a reference to officiating at one or more specified relevant conversions;

(c) a reference in Article 14(1A) to solemnising marriages of parties who are of the same sex is to be read as if it included a reference to officiating at relevant conversions;

(d) the reference in Article 17A(1)(b) to solemnising one or more particular marriages between parties of the same sex is to be read as if it included a reference to officiating at one or more particular relevant conversions;

(e) a reference in the Order (as modified by paragraphs (a) to (d)) to officiating at a relevant conversion is to be read as a reference to officiating at the signing of the conversion declaration in a conversion before an officiant;

(f) the reference to the Order in Article 26(1) is to be read as it if included a reference to this Part and, in relation to a marriage resulting from the conversion of a convertible Northern Ireland civil partnership, Parts 3 and 4 of the 2014 Regulations;

(g) the reference in Article 26(3) to both parties having been present at the marriage ceremony is to be read in the case of a marriage resulting from a conversion under this Part, or in the case of a marriage resulting from a conversion under Part 3 or 4 of the 2014 Regulations of a convertible Northern Ireland civil partnership, to both parties having been present at the signing of the conversion declaration;

(h) the reference in Article 27(2) to a void marriage is to be read as if it included a marriage resulting from a purported conversion under this Part, or a purported conversion under Part 3 or 4 of the 2014 Regulations of a convertible Northern Ireland civil partnership, that has been found by a court to be ineffective;

(i) the reference to the Order in Article 31(3) is to be read as if it included a reference to this Part.

(2) The Civil Partnership Act 2004 has effect with the following modifications—

(a) the reference to the Act in section 146(2) is to be read as if it included a reference to this Part and Parts 4 and 5;

(b) the reference in section 147(2) to a void civil partnership is to be read as if it included a civil partnership resulting from a purported conversion under this Part, or Part 4 or 5, that has been found by a court to be ineffective;

(c) the reference to Part 4 of the Act in section 152(3) is to be read as if it included a reference to this Part.

(1)

Article 14 was amended, and Article 17A was inserted, by S.I. 2020/742.