Marriage according to religious rites: no compulsion to solemnize etc E+W+S
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[F125A(1)A person does not contravene section 29 only because the person—
(a)does not conduct a relevant marriage,
(b)is not present at, does not carry out, or does not otherwise participate in, a relevant marriage, or
(c)does not consent to a relevant marriage being conducted,
for the reason that the marriage is the marriage of a same sex couple.
(2)Expressions used in this paragraph and in section 2 of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 have the same meanings in this paragraph as in that section.]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 3 Pt. 6A inserted (13.3.2014) by Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (c. 30), ss. 2(6), 21(3); S.I. 2014/93, art. 3(a)