PART 2 Religious Marriage of Same-sex Couples

Use of religious service at armed-forces marriage overseas

10.—(1) In the Overseas Marriages (Armed Forces) Order 2014(1), article 12 (use, with consent of governing authority of religious organisation concerned, of religious service at forces marriage of parties who are of the same sex) extends also to Northern Ireland.

(2) Accordingly—

(a) omit article 1(2) of that Order, and

(b) in regulation 14 of the 2019 Regulations—

(i) in paragraph (1), after “to Northern Ireland” insert “(but see regulation 10(1) of the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2020 as regards article 12)”, and

(ii) omit paragraph (2).

(1)

The 2014 Order (except article 12) was extended to Northern Ireland by regulation 14(1), and article 1(2) of the Order was amended by regulation 14(2), of S.I. 2019/1514.