{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-same-sex-couples-act-2013/schedule-4/paragraph-17",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2013/30",
  "legislation_title": "Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-same-sex-couples-act-2013",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/17",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Paragraph 18 of Schedule 9 to the Equality Act 2010 (work: exceptions) is amended as follows.\n(2) Sub-paragraph (1): for “married” substitute “ within sub-paragraph (1A) ”.\n(3) After sub-paragraph (1) insert—\n“(1A) A person is within this sub-paragraph if the person is—\n(a) a man who is married to a woman, or\n(b) a woman who is married to a man, or\n(c) married to a person of the same sex in a relevant gender change case.\n(1B) The reference in sub-paragraph (1A)(c) to a relevant gender change case is a reference to a case where—\n(a) the married couple were of the opposite sex at the time of their marriage, and\n(b) a full gender recognition certificate has been issued to one of the couple under the Gender Recognition Act 2004.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 17 in force at 13.3.2014 for specified purposes by S.I. 2014/93, art. 3(j)(iii)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2013/30/schedule/4/paragraph/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:08:02.807963+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."
}