ScheduleMinor and consequential amendments
I1I51Marriage Act 1949
1
The Marriage Act 1949 is amended as follows.
2
In section 16 (provisions as to common licences), in subsection (1), omit paragraph (c).
3
In section 25 (void marriages), in subsection (2), in paragraph (c), omit “subsection (3) of section three or”.
4
In section 28 (declaration to accompany notice of marriage), in subsection (1), omit paragraph (c).
5
Omit section 30 (forbidding of issue of marriage schedule).
6
In section 31 (marriage under marriage schedule)—
a
in subsection (2)—
i
in paragraph (a) omit “or”;
ii
omit paragraph (b);
b
omit subsection (3A).
7
In section 48 (proof of certain matters not necessary to validity of marriages), in subsection (1), omit paragraph (b).
8
In section 75 (offences relating to solemnization of marriages), in subsection (3)—
a
in paragraph (b), at the end insert “or”
;
b
omit paragraph (c).
I2I62Marriage (Registrar General’s Licence) Act 1970
1
The Marriage (Registrar General’s Licence) Act 1970 is amended as follows.
2
In section 3 (evidence of capacity, consent etc., to be produced), omit paragraph (b).
3
Omit section 6 (marriage of persons under eighteen).
4
In section 7 (issue of licence by Registrar General)—
a
in paragraph (a), omit “or”;
b
omit paragraph (b).
I3I73Matrimonial Causes Act 1973
In the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973, in section 11 (grounds on which a marriage is void), in paragraph (a), in sub-paragraph (ii), for “sixteen” substitute “eighteen”
.
I4I84Civil Partnership Act 2004
1
The Civil Partnership Act 2004 is amended as follows.
2
In section 5 (types of pre-registration procedure), in subsection (3)—
a
in paragraph (a), omit “and”;
b
omit paragraph (b).
3
In section 31 (offences relating to civil partnership schedule)—
a
in subsection (1)—
i
at the end of paragraph (a) insert “or”
;
ii
in paragraph (b) omit “or”;
iii
omit paragraph (c);
b
in subsection (2), in paragraph (d), omit “or (c)”.
4
In section 32 (offence relating to General Registrar’s licence), in subsection (2), in paragraph (d), omit “or (c)”.
5
In section 33 (offences relating to the recording of civil partnerships)—
a
in subsection (5) omit “or (c)”;
b
in subsection (7) omit “or (c)”.
6
In section 49 (grounds on which civil partnership is void)—
a
at the end of paragraph (a) insert “or”
;
b
in paragraph (b), in sub-paragraph (vi) omit “or”;
c
omit paragraph (c).
7
In section 52 (proof of certain matters not necessary to validity of civil partnership)—
a
in subsection (1), omit paragraph (a);
b
omit subsection (2).
8
In section 80 (false statements etc. with reference to civil partnerships), in subsection (1)—
a
at the end of paragraph (b) insert “or”
;
b
omit paragraph (c).
9
Omit Schedule 2 (civil partnerships of persons under 18: England and Wales).