The Marriage (Same-sex Couples) and Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2019 No. 1514

PART 9 N.I. Amendments: Other Primary Legislation

Public Order (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 N.I.

142.  In Article 8 of the Public Order (Northern Ireland) Order 1987(1) (meaning of “fear” and “hatred”)—

(a) the existing text becomes paragraph (1),

(b) after that paragraph insert—

“(2) For the purposes of this Part, any discussion or criticism of marriage which concerns the sex of the parties to marriage is not to be taken of itself to be—

(a) threatening, abusive or insulting, or

(b) intended to stir up hatred or arouse fear.”, and

(c) in the heading, at the end insert “etc.”.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 142 in force at 13.1.2020, see reg. 1(2)

(1)

S.I. 1987/463 (N.I. 7). Article 8 was amended by section 38 of the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 (c.24) and by S.I. 2004/1991 (N.I. 15).