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Draft Order laid before Parliament under section 18(2) of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 and section 259(8) of the Civil Partnership Act 2004, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.

Marriage

Civil Partnership

Made ***

Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2) and (3)

A draft of this Order was laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament in accordance with section 18(2) of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013^f1 and section 259(8) of the Civil Partnership Act 2004^f2.

In accordance with section 18(11)(a) of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013, the Secretary of State has obtained the consent of the Scottish Ministers to the making of articles 4 and 5 of this Order.

This Order is made in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 17(1) to (3) and 18(4) and (10) of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 and paragraph 27(3)(b) of Schedule 4 to, the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013, and in exercise of the powers conferred by section 259(1) and (3) of the Civil Partnership Act 2004.

The Secretary of State, in exercise of those powers, makes the following Order:

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Footnotes

f1: 2013 c. 30.
f2: 2004 c. 33.