PART 2Marriage: Same-sex Couples

Extension of marriage to same-sex couples3.

(1)

In Article 6(6) of the Marriage (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 (legal impediments to marriage)2

(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”.

F1(2)

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