SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3Services and public functions: exceptions

F2PART 6AMarriage of same sex couples F1and Civil Partnership in England and Wales

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F1

Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 6A heading inserted (E.W.S.) (2.12.2019) by The Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1458), regs. 1(2), 10(3)(a)

25A Marriage according to religious rites: no compulsion to solemnize etc

1

A person does not contravene section 29 only because the person—

a

does not conduct a relevant marriage,

b

is not present at, does not carry out, or does not otherwise participate in, a relevant marriage, or

c

does not consent to a relevant marriage being conducted,

for the reason that the marriage is the marriage of a same sex couple.

2

Expressions used in this paragraph and in section 2 of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 have the same meanings in this paragraph as in that section.