The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (Consequential and Contrary Provisions and Scotland) Order 2014

PART 1Common law

Provision disapplying the effect of section 11(1) and (2) of the Act in respect of the common law

1.  Section 11(1) and (2) of the Act does not apply to the common law concerning the right of a person—

(a)who marries, or who is married to, the King Regnant, to the title of Queen, or

(b)who marries, or who is married to, the Prince of Wales, to the title of Princess of Wales.

2.  Section 11(1) and (2) of the Act does not apply to the common law concerning the acquisition of a right to, or interest in, a peerage, and all titles, rights, offices, privileges and precedence attaching to it, by a person who marries or who is married to a peer holding that peerage.