Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Act 1986
1 Marriage between certain persons related by affinity not to be void.
2 Marriage between certain persons related by affinity—Scotland.
3 Marriage according to rites of Church of England or the Church in Wales.
4 Amendment of s. 3 of Perjury Act 1911.
5 Amendment of Schedule 1 to Senior Courts Act 1981.
6 Short title, citation, commencement and extent.
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1 Amendments of Marriage Act 1949
1The Marriage Act 1949 shall have effect subject to the...
2In section 1 (prohibited degrees) after subsection (1) there shall...
3In section 5 (marriages according to rites of Church of...
4In section 16 (common Licences)— (a) after subsection (1) there...
5After section 27A there shall be inserted the following sections—...
6In section 39 (notice of marriage given on board Her...
7In section 78 (interpretation) after the definition of “brother” there...
8In the First Schedule— (a) in Part I—
SCHEDULE 2 Amendments of Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977
1The Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977 shall be amended as follows....
2In section 2 (prohibited degrees for marriage of related persons)—...
3In section 3(1) (notice of intention to marry), after paragraph...
4In section 5 (objections to marriage)- (a) at the beginning...
5In section 6(1) (the Marriage Schedule), after “5(3)(b)” there shall...
6In section 7(1) (marriage outside Scotland where a party resides...
7For paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 (relationships by affinity) there...

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Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Act 1986

1986 CHAPTER 16

An Act to make further provision with regard to the marriage of persons related by affinity.

Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—