Regulation 2 Amendment of regulation 1 of the principal Regulations

In regulation 1 of the principal Regulations after paragraph (3) there shall be inserted the following paragraph:

“(3A)

For the purposes of regulation 8 of these Regulations, where, before the coming into force of the Nullity of Marriages Act 1971^f1 a decree of nullity was granted in relation to a person on the ground that the marriage was voidable, that person shall be treated as a person whose marriage has been terminated by divorce from the date on which that decree was made absolute.”