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9. In section 1 of the Legitimacy Act 1976(1) (legitimacy of children of certain void marriages), after subsection (4) insert—
“(5) Subsections (1) and (4) are to be read, in relation to the child of a void marriage which has resulted from the purported conversion of a civil partnership under section 9 of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 and regulations made under that section, as if the reference to the time of the celebration of the marriage was a reference to the date of the purported conversion of the civil partnership into a marriage.”.
1976 c. 31; section 1(1) was amended by, and section 1(3) and (4) was inserted by, the Family Law Reform Act
1987 (c. 42), section 28. Section 1(2) was amended in relation to England and Wales by S.I. 2014/560.
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