SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 7Transitional and consequential provision etc

PART 2Minor and consequential amendments

25Marriage (Registrar General’s Licence) Act 1970

After section 13 insert—

13AVoid marriages: additional provision about same sex couples

1

If a same sex couple knowingly and wilfully intermarries under the provisions of this Act in the absence of the required consent, the marriage shall be void.

2

In this section “required consent” means consent under section 1(3).