# The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (Consequential and Contrary Provisions and Scotland) Order 2014, Paragraph 1: Metropolitan Public Carriage Act 1869


In section 6 of the Metropolitan Public Carriage Act 1869 (grant of hackney carriage licences)—
(a) in subsection (9)(a)—
(i) for “widow” in both places it occurs, substitute “surviving spouse or surviving civil partner”, and
(ii) omit “and”, and
(b) omit subsection (9)(b).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2014/9780111108727/schedule/1/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-marriage-same-sex-couples-act-2013-consequential-and-contrary-provisions-and-scotland-order-2014/schedule-1/paragraph-1
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