SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3Services and public functions: exceptions

F1PART 6AMarriage of same sex couples in England and Wales

Annotations:

25AMarriage 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.