SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 4Effect on marriage

Part 3Northern Ireland

Family Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 1984 (S.I. 1984/1984 (N.I. 14))

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Matrimonial Causes (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/1045 (N.I. 15))

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The Matrimonial Causes (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 is amended as follows.

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In Article 14 (grounds on which a marriage celebrated after the commencement of that Article is voidable), insert at the end—

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that the respondent is a person whose gender at the time of the marriage had become the acquired gender under the Gender Recognition Act 2004.

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In Article 16(2), (3) and (4) (bars to relief), for “or (f)” substitute “ , (f) or (h) ”.