SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 3Services and public functions: exceptions
F1PART 6AMarriage of same sex couples in England and Wales
Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
25A Marriage according to religious rites: no compulsion to solemnize etc
1
A person does not contravene section 29 only because the person—
a
does not conduct a relevant marriage,
b
is not present at, does not carry out, or does not otherwise participate in, a relevant marriage, or
c
does not consent to a relevant marriage being conducted,
for the reason that the marriage is the marriage of a same sex couple.
2
Expressions used in this paragraph and in section 2 of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 have the same meanings in this paragraph as in that section.
Sch. 3 Pt. 6A inserted (13.3.2014) by Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (c. 30), ss. 2(6), 21(3); S.I. 2014/93, art. 3(a)