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12After section 12A insert—
(1)An order that annuls a marriage which is void or voidable (a “nullity of marriage order”)—
(a)is, in the first instance, a conditional order, and
(b)may not be made final before the end of the period of 6 weeks from the making of the conditional order.
(2)The Lord Chancellor may by order made by statutory instrument amend this section so as to shorten or lengthen the period for the purposes of subsection (1)(b).
(3)But the Lord Chancellor may not under subsection (2) lengthen the period so that it exceeds 6 months.
(4)In a particular case the court dealing with the case may by order shorten the period that would otherwise be applicable for the purposes of subsection (1)(b).
(5)A statutory instrument containing an order under subsection (2) is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.”
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