SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 29Minor and consequential amendments: Northern Ireland

Marriage (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/413 (N.I. 3))

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(1)

Amend Article 5 (power to require evidence) as follows.

(2)

In paragraph (3)(c), after “marital” insert “ and civil partnership ”.

(3)

After paragraph (3) insert—

“(4)

In paragraph (3)(c), “marital and civil partnership status”, in relation to a person, means whether that person has previously formed a marriage or a civil partnership, and if so, whether that marriage or civil partnership has ended.”

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In Article 6 (objections), in paragraph (6)(b), after “married” insert “ or a civil partner ”.