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Paragraph 2

England and Wales

“Matrimonial proceedings” means any proceedings so far as they are one or more of the five following kinds F1(whether relating to a marriage of a man and a woman or a marriage of a same sex couple), namely, proceedings for—

  • divorce,

  • judicial separation,

  • nullity of marriage,

  • a declaration as to the validity of a marriage of the F2applicant, and

  • a declaration as to the subsistence of such a marriage.

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Textual amendments

F1

Words in Sch. 1 para. 2 inserted (13.3.2014) by Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (c. 30), s. 21(3), Sch. 4 para. 9; S.I. 2014/93, art. 3(j)(i)

F2

Word in Sch. 1 para. 2 substituted (6.4.2022) by The Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/237), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 1(3)(a) (with reg. 3); S.I. 2022/283, reg. 2