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).