Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013
Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (2013 c. 30)
- Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (2013 c. 30)
- PART 1 Marriage of same sex couples in England and Wales
- Extension of marriage
- 1 Extension of marriage to same sex couples
- Religious protection
- 2 Marriage according to religious rites: no compulsion to solemnize etc
- Part 3 of the Marriage Act 1949
- 3 Marriage for which no opt-in necessary
- 4 Opt-in: marriage in places of worship
- 5 Opt-in: other religious ceremonies
- Part 5 of the Marriage Act 1949
- 6 Armed forces chapels
- The Marriage (Registrar General's Licence) Act 1970
- 7 Opt-in: “deathbed marriages”
- The Church in Wales
- 8 Power to allow for marriage of same sex couples in Church in Wales
- Other provisions relating to marriages of same sex couples
- 9 Conversion of civil partnership into marriage
- 10 Extra-territorial matters
- Effect of extension of marriage
- 11 Effect of extension of marriage
- PART 2 Other provisions relating to marriage and civil partnership
- 12 Change of gender of married persons or civil partners
- 13 Marriage overseas
- 14 Marriage according to the usages of belief organisations
- 15 Review of civil partnership
- 16 Survivor benefits under occupational pension schemes
- PART 3 Final provisions
- 17 Transitional and consequential provision
- 18 Orders and regulations
- 19 Interpretation
- 20 Extent
- 21 Short title and commencement
- SCHEDULES
- SCHEDULE 1 Registration of buildings etc
- Introduction
- Registration of buildings
- Shared buildings
- SCHEDULE 2 Extra-territorial matters
- PART 1 English and Welsh marriages of same sex couples: treatment in Scotland and Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Northern Ireland
- Contrary provision
- PART 2 Marriage treated as civil partnership: dissolution, annulment or separation
- Order made in relation to civil partnership: validity in relation to marriage
- PART 3 England and Wales: “overseas relationships” in Civil Partnership Act 2004
- Marriage not an “overseas relationship” in England and Wales
- SCHEDULE 3 Interpretation of legislation
- PART 1 Existing England and Wales legislation
- Interpretation of existing England and Wales legislation
- Interpretation of legislation about couples living together as if married
- General
- PART 2 New England and Wales legislation
- SCHEDULE 4 Effect of extension of marriage: further provision
- PART 1 Private legal instruments
- Existing instruments
- PART 2 Presumption on birth of child to married woman
- Common law presumption
- PART 3 Divorce and annulment of marriage
- Divorce
- Annulment of marriage
- PART 4 Matrimonial proceedings
- Amendment of the Domicile and Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1973
- Transitory provision until commencement of Presumption of Death Act 2013
- PART 5 State pensions
- Category B retirement pension for married person
- Category B retirement pension for widows and widowers
- Category B retirement pension for widowers
- Graduated retirement benefit
- Adult dependency increases
- Converted civil partnerships
- PART 6 Occupational pensions and survivor benefits
- Benefits dependent on marriage of same sex couples
- Pension Schemes Act 1993
- PART 7 Provisions which limit equivalence of all marriages etc
- Contrary provision
- SCHEDULE 5 Change of gender of married persons or civil partners
- PART 1 Applications by married persons and civil partners
- Introduction
- Evidence
- Successful applications
- Issue of full certificate after interim certificate: applicant married
- Applications by both civil partners
- Errors in certificates
- Applications: supplementary
- Appeals etc
- Registration
- Change in gender of party to marriage
- Change in gender of civil partners
- Foreign gender change and marriage
- Prohibition on disclosure of information
- Interpretation
- PART 2 Alternative grounds for granting applications for gender recognition certificates
- Introduction
- Alternative grounds for granting applications
- Evidence for granting applications on alternative grounds
- Membership of Panels determining applications on alternative grounds
- SCHEDULE 6 Marriage overseas
- PART 1 Consular marriage under UK law
- Provision for consular marriage
- Refusal by registration officer
- No religious service
- Treatment of marriage as taking place in part of UK for certain purposes
- Validity of consular marriage
- Interpretation
- PART 2 Marriage under foreign law: certificates of no impediment
- Provision for certificates of no impediment
- PART 3 Marriage of forces personnel under UK law
- Provision for marriage of armed forces personnel
- Religious services at forces marriages of same sex couples
- Treatment of marriage as taking place in part of UK for certain purposes
- Validity of forces marriage
- Interpretation
- PART 4 General provisions
- Parliamentary scrutiny
- Particular kinds of provision
- Interpretation
- SCHEDULE 7 Transitional and consequential provision etc
- PART 1 Transitional and transitory provision
- Approval of premises for civil weddings
- PART 2 Minor and consequential amendments
- Marriage Act 1949 (c. 76)
- Marriage (Registrar General's Licence) Act 1970
- Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (c. 18)
- Public Order Act 1986 (c. 64)
- Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c. 4)
- Pension Schemes Act 1993 (c. 48)
- Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33)
- Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (c. 22)
- Equality Act 2010 (c. 15)
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