SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 2Extra-territorial matters
PART 1English and Welsh marriages of same sex couples: treatment in Scotland and Northern Ireland
2Northern Ireland
1
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).
2
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).