Part 2Equality: key concepts
Chapter 1Protected characteristics
8Marriage and civil partnership
(1)
A person has the protected characteristic of marriage and civil partnership if the person is married or is a civil partner.
(2)
In relation to the protected characteristic of marriage and civil partnership—
(a)
a reference to a person who has a particular protected characteristic is a reference to a person who is married or is a civil partner;
(b)
a reference to persons who share a protected characteristic is a reference to persons who are married or are civil partners.