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34. In section 2 of the Legitimacy Act (Northern Ireland) 1961(1) (children of certain void marriages, and certain void civil partnerships, treated as legitimate), after subsection (3) insert—
“(3A) Where a void marriage results from the purported conversion of a void civil partnership, references in subsections (1) and (2B) to the time of the celebration of the marriage are to be read as references to the time of the formation of the civil partnership; and where a void civil partnership results from the purported conversion of a void marriage, references in subsections (1) and (2B) to the time of the formation of the civil partnership are to be read as references to the time of the celebration of the marriage.”.
1961 c. 5 (N.I.). Section 2 was amended by S.I. 1995/755 (N.I. 2) and regulation 24 of S.I. 2019/1514.
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