{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-same-sex-couples-act-2013/schedule-7/paragraph-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-same-sex-couples-act-2013/schedule-7/paragraph-20.json",
  "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/7/paragraph/20",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Section 78 (interpretation) is amended in accordance with this paragraph.\n(2) Subsection (1)—\n(a) for the definition of “authorised person” substitute—\n““authorised person” means—\n(a) in relation to a building registered under section 41, a person whose name and address have been certified in accordance with section 43;\n(b) in relation to a building registered under section 43A, a person whose name and address have been certified in accordance with section 43B;”;\n(b) after the definition of “ecclesiastical district” insert—\n““England and Wales legislation” has the same meaning as in the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013;”;\n(c) definition of “registered building”: for “Part III” substitute “ section 41 or section 43A ”.\n(3) After subsection (5) insert—\n“(6) If, for the purpose of any provision of this Act, a relevant governing authority has given written consent to marriages of same sex couples, the validity of that consent is not affected only because there is a change in the person or persons constituting that relevant governing authority.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 7 para. 20 in force at 13.3.2014 by S.I. 2014/93, art. 3(k)(i)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2013/30/schedule/7/paragraph/20",
    "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."
}