# The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (Consequential and Contrary Provisions and Scotland) (No. 2) Order 2014, Paragraph 9: Legitimacy Act 1976


In section 1 of the Legitimacy Act 1976 (legitimacy of children of certain void marriages), after subsection (4) insert—
“(5) Subsections (1) and (4) are to be read, in relation to the child of a void marriage which has resulted from the purported conversion of a civil partnership under section 9 of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 and regulations made under that section, as if the reference to the time of the celebration of the marriage was a reference to the date of the purported conversion of the civil partnership into marriage.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2014/9780111117538/schedule/1/paragraph/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-marriage-same-sex-couples-act-2013-consequential-and-contrary-provisions-and-scotland-no-2-order-2014/schedule-1/paragraph-9
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