{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-registrar-generals-licence-act-1970/section-13A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-registrar-generals-licence-act-1970/section-13A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1970/34",
  "legislation_title": "Marriage (Registrar General’s Licence) Act 1970",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-registrar-generals-licence-act-1970",
  "path": "section/13A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "13A",
  "heading": "Void marriages: additional provision about same sex couples",
  "text": "(1) If a same sex couple knowingly and wilfully intermarries under the provisions of this Act in the absence of the required consent, the marriage shall be void.\n(2) In this section “required consent” means consent under section 1(3).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 13A inserted (13.3.2014) by Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (c. 30), s. 21(3), Sch. 7 para. 25; S.I. 2014/93, art. 3(k)(ii)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1970/34/section/13A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:51:06.522269+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."
}