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(1)

In existing England and Wales legislation—

(a)

a reference to persons who are not married but are living together as a married couple is to be read as including a reference to a same sex couple who are not married but are living together as a married couple;

(b)

a reference to a person who is living with another person as if they were married is to be read as including a reference to a person who is living with another person of the same sex as if they were married.

(2)

Where sub-paragraph (1) requires a reference to be read in a particular way, any related reference (such as a reference to persons formerly living together as a married couple) is to be read accordingly.

(3)

For the purposes of sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) it does not matter how a reference is expressed.

Annotations

Modifications

C1

Sch. 3 paras. 1, 2 excluded by SI 2006/3432, rules 4(4), 5(4) (as inserted (13.3.2014) by The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (Consequential and Contrary Provisions and Scotland) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/560), art. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 17)

C2

Sch. 3 paras. 1-3 modified (13.3.2014) by The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (Consequential and Contrary Provisions and Scotland) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/560), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 4

C3

Sch. 3 para. 2 exluded by SI 1997/1612, regs. 42B(4), 42C(4) (as inserted (13.3.2014) by The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (Consequential and Contrary Provisions and Scotland) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/560), art. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 17)

C4

Sch. 3 para. 2 excluded by SI 2012/687, rules 2A(4), 2B(4) (as inserted (13.3.2014) by The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (Consequential and Contrary Provisions and Scotland) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/560), art. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 17)

C5

Sch. 3 paras. 1-3 excluded (13.3.2014) by The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (Consequential and Contrary Provisions and Scotland) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/560), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 5

C6

Sch. 3 paras. 1-3 excluded by SI 1987/257, reg. J1(7) (as inserted (13.3.2014) by The Police Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/79), regs. 1(1), 5(c))

C7

Sch. 3 para. 2 excluded by SI 2010/990, regs. 2A(4), 2B(4) (as inserted (13.3.2014) by The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (Consequential and Contrary Provisions and Scotland) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/560), art. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 17)

C8

Sch. 3 para. 2 excluded by SI 1992/129, Sch. 2 Scheme, Sch. 1 Pt. 3 rules 1(4), 2(4) (as inserted (13.3.2014) by The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (Consequential and Contrary Provisions and Scotland) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/560), art. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 17)

Commencement

I1

Sch. 3 para. 2 in force at 13.3.2014 by S.I. 2014/93, art. 3(i)