SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 2Extra-territorial matters
PART 1English and Welsh marriages of same sex couples: treatment in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
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Under the law of Northern Ireland, a marriage of a same sex couple under the law of England and Wales is to be treated as a civil partnership formed under the law of England and Wales (and accordingly, the spouses are to be treated as civil partners).
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Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply on or after 13th January 2020 except for the purposes of proceedings commenced before that date under Chapter 2 of Part 4, or section 191, of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (dissolution, nullity and other proceedings in Northern Ireland in respect of civil partnerships, and property disputes between civil partners).
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The Secretary of State may by order—
a
provide for the treatment of a marriage as a civil partnership (by virtue of sub-paragraph (1)) to have effect subject to provision made by the order;
b
specify cases in which a marriage is not to be treated as a civil partnership by virtue of sub-paragraph (1).