Civil Partnership Act 2004

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30(1)Amend Article 17 (marriages governed by foreign law or celebrated abroad under certain enactments or common law) as follows.N.I.

(2)In paragraph (1), at the beginning insert “ Subject to paragraph (3) ”.

(3)After paragraph (2) insert—

(3)No marriage is to be treated as valid by virtue of paragraph (1) if, at the time when it purports to have been celebrated, either party was already a civil partner.