Amendment of the Domicile and Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1973
3.—(1) Paragraph 5 of Schedule A1 (power to make provision corresponding to EC Regulation 2201/2003) to the Domicile and Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1973(1) is amended as follows.
(2) In the heading for “EC Regulation 2201/2003” substitute “provision for opposite sex married couples”.
(3) In sub-paragraph (1)—
(a)in paragraph (a)—
(i)in sub-paragraph (i) for “a member state,” substitute “England and Wales, or”;
(ii)omit sub-paragraph (ii) and the “or” following it;
(iii)in sub-paragraph (iii) for “a part of the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland” substitute “England and Wales”;
(b)omit paragraph (b) and the “and” preceding it.
(4) Omit sub-paragraphs (2) to (4).
1973 c. 45, Schedule A1 was inserted by the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013, Schedule 4, Part 4, paragraph 8; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.