SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 4Effect of extension of marriage: further provision

PART 3Divorce and annulment of marriage

3Divorce

1

Section 1 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (divorce on breakdown of marriage) is amended as follows.

2

After subsection (5) insert—

6

Only conduct between the respondent and a person of the opposite sex may constitute adultery for the purposes of this section.

4Annulment of marriage

1

Section 12 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (grounds on which a marriage is voidable) is amended as follows.

2

The existing provision of section 12 becomes subsection (1) of that section.

3

After that subsection (1) insert—

2

Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1) do not apply to the marriage of a same sex couple.