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).