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(1)A marriage solemnized [F1between a person and any person mentioned in the list in Part 1 of Schedule 1], shall be void.
[F2(2)Subject to subsection (3) of this section, a marriage solemnized [F3between a person and any person mentioned in the list in Part 2 of Schedule 1], shall be void.
(3)Any such marriage as is mentioned in subsection (2) of this section shall not be void by reason only of affinity if both the parties to the marriage have attained the age of twenty-one at the time of the marriage and the younger party has not at any time before attaining the age of eighteen been a child of the family in relation to the other party.]
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F4(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F4(6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F4(7). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F4(8). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 1(1) substituted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), s. 263(10)(b), Sch. 27 para. 13(2); S.I. 2005/3175, art. 2(2)
F2S. 1(2)–(5) inserted by Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Act 1986 (c. 16, SIF 49:1), s. 1(6), Sch. 1 para. 2: original s. 1(2)(3) repealed by Marriage (Enabling) Act 1960 (c. 29), Sch.
F3Words in s. 1(2) substituted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), s. 263(10)(b), Sch. 27 para. 13(3); S.I. 2005/3175, art. 2(2)
F4S. 1(4)-(8) omitted (1.3.2007) by virtue of The Marriage Act 1949 (Remedial) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/438), arts. 1(1), 2(a) (with art. 1(2))
A marriage solemnized between persons either of whom is under the age of [F6eighteen] shall be void.
Textual Amendments
F5Word in s. 2 heading substituted (27.2.2023) by Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Act 2022 (c. 28), ss. 1(2)(a), 7(1) (with s. 8); S.I. 2023/88, reg. 2 (with regs. 3-17)
F6Word in s. 2 substituted (27.2.2023) by Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Act 2022 (c. 28), ss. 1(2)(b), 7(1) (with s. 8); S.I. 2023/88, reg. 2 (with regs. 3-17)
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Textual Amendments
F7S. 3 omitted (27.2.2023) by virtue of Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Act 2022 (c. 28), ss. 1(3), 7(1) (with s. 8); S.I. 2023/88, reg. 2 (with regs. 3-17)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 3 extended by Family Law Reform Act 1969 (c. 46), s. 2(3); applied with modification by Marriage (Registrar General's Licence) Act 1970 (c. 34), s. 6
C2S. 3 applied (with modifications) (4.5.2021) by 1956 c. 70, s. 1(3) (as amended by The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/411), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 53(2) (with Sch. 2))
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Textual Amendments
F8S. 4 repealed (1.10.2012) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), ss. 114(1)(a), 120, Sch. 10 Pt. 11 (with s. 97); S.I. 2012/2234, art. 3(m)