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Section 5
1(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).
Commencement Information
I1Sch. para. 1 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 7(1)
I2Sch. para. 1 in force at 27.2.2023 by S.I. 2023/88, reg. 2 (with regs. 3-17)
2(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).
Commencement Information
I3Sch. para. 2 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 7(1)
I4Sch. para. 2 in force at 27.2.2023 by S.I. 2023/88, reg. 2 (with regs. 3-17)
3In 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”.
Commencement Information
I5Sch. para. 3 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 7(1)
I6Sch. para. 3 in force at 27.2.2023 by S.I. 2023/88, reg. 2 (with regs. 3-17)
4(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).
Commencement Information
I7Sch. para. 4 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 7(1)
I8Sch. para. 4 in force at 27.2.2023 by S.I. 2023/88, reg. 2 (with regs. 3-17)
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