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—
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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.