Section 1 Avoidance of marriages where either party is under sixteen.
Northern Ireland
(1)
A marriage between persons either of whom is under the age of sixteen shall be void:
F1...1885 c.69
(2)
F2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Annotations
Textual amendments
- 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S. 1(2) repealed (2.2.2009) by Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1769 (N.I. 2)), arts. 1(3), 81, 83, Sch. 1 para. 9, Sch. 3; S.R. 2008/510, art. 2