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Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, Section 120 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 04 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations. Help about Changes to Legislation

120 Treatment of certain marriages.N.I.

(1)Regulations [F1made by the Treasury with the concurrence of the Department] may provide—

(a)for a voidable marriage which has been annulled, whether before or after the date when the regulations come into force, to be treated for the purposes of the provisions to which this subsection applies as if it had been a valid marriage which was terminated by divorce at the date of annulment;

[F2(aa)for a voidable civil partnership which has been annulled, whether before or after the date when the regulations come into force, to be treated for the purposes of the provisions to which this subsection applies as if it had been a valid civil partnership which was dissolved at the date of annulment;]

(b)as to the circumstances in which, for the purposes of the enactments to which this section [F3applies, a marriage during the subsistence of which a party to it is at any time married to more than one person is to be treated as having, or as not having, the same consequences as any other marriage.]

(2)Subsection (1) above applies—

(a)to any enactment contained in Parts I to V or this Part of this Act; and

(b)to regulations under any such enactment.

Textual Amendments

F1Words in s. 120(1) inserted (1.4.1999) by S.I. 1999/671, art. 4, Sch. 3 para. 26 (with savings and transitional provisions in Sch. 7); S.R. 1999/149, art. 2(c), Sch. 2 (subject to arts. 3-6)

F3Words in s. 120(1)(b) substituted (14.2.1996) by S.I. 1995/3211 (N.I. 20), art. 1, 5, Sch. para. 4(2)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1S. 120 applied (7.2.1994) by 1993 c. 49, s. 163(5); S.R. 1994/17, art. 2

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