{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domicile-and-matrimonial-proceedings-act-1973/schedule-A1/paragraph-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domicile-and-matrimonial-proceedings-act-1973/schedule-A1/paragraph-6.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1973/45",
  "legislation_title": "Domicile and Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1973",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domicile-and-matrimonial-proceedings-act-1973",
  "path": "schedule/A1/paragraph/6",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Schedule “ declaration of validity ” means—\n(a) a declaration as to the validity of a marriage,\n(b) a declaration as to the subsistence of a marriage, or\n(c) a declaration as to the validity of a divorce, annulment or judicial separation obtained outside England and Wales in respect of a marriage.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. A1 inserted (31.10.2013 for specified purposes, 13.3.2014 in so far as not already in force) by Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (c. 30), s. 21(3), Sch. 4 para. 8; S.I. 2013/2789, art. 2(b); S.I. 2014/93, art. 3(j)(i)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/45/schedule/A1/paragraph/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:46:58.722887+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}