The Marriage (Same-sex Couples) and Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2019

Extension of marriage to same-sex couples N.I.

3.—(1) In Article 6(6) of the Marriage (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 (legal impediments to marriage)(1)—

(a) omit sub-paragraph (e) (parties must not be of the same sex), and the preceding “or”, and

(b) after sub-paragraph (c) insert “or”.

(2) In Article 9 of that Order (persons who may solemnise marriages), after paragraph (b) insert—

“But a marriage between parties of the same sex may be solemnised only by a person appointed under Article 31.”.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 3 in force at 13.1.2020, see reg. 1(2)

(1)

S.I. 2003/413 (N.I. 3).