Age of Marriage Act (Northern Ireland) 1951 (c. 25)

Age of Marriage Act (Northern Ireland) 1951

1951 CHAPTER 25

An Act to make void marriages between persons either of whom is under the age of sixteen.

[20th December 1951]

1 Avoidance of marriages where either party is under sixteen. N.I.

(1) A marriage between persons either of whom is under the age of sixteen shall be void:

F1 ...[1885 c.69]

(2) F2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F1 Words in s. 1(1) omitted (13.1.2020) by virtue of The Marriage (Same-sex Couples) and Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1514), regs. 1(2), 125(1) (with regs. 6-9, 125(2))

F2 S. 1(2) repealed (2.2.2009) by Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1769 (N.I. 2)), arts. 1(3), 81, 83, Sch. 1 para. 9, Sch. 3; S.R. 2008/510, art. 2

S. 2 rep. by 1995 NI 2

3 Short title. N.I.

This Act may be cited as the Age of Marriage Act (Northern Ireland), 1951.