The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2014

Made: 26th June 2014

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 21(3) of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013[^f00001], makes the following Order:

Citation and interpretation

1

• (1) This Order may be cited as the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2014.

• (2) In this Order “the Act” means the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013.

Provisions coming into force on 30th June 2014

2

To the extent that the following provisions of the Act confer or relate to the power to make subordinate legislation, those provisions come into force on 30th June 2014 for the purpose of exercising any power (arising under or by virtue of that provision) to make subordinate legislation—

• (a) section 9(1) to (5) and (7); and

• (b) paragraphs 1, 9 and 19 of Schedule 5, and section 12 so far as it relates to those paragraphs.

3

The following provisions of the Act come into force on 30th June 2014—

• (a) paragraph 23 of Schedule 4;

• (b) paragraph 18 of Schedule 4 so far as it relates to paragraph 23; and

• (c) section 11(4) so far as it relates to the provisions specified in paragraphs (a) and (b).

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Culture, Media & Sport

Helen Grant — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Department for Culture, Media & Sport — 26th June 2014

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This is the third Commencement Order made in relation to the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (c. 30) (“the Act”). The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2789) (C. 110) brought into force a number of provisions of the Act for the purpose of making subordinate legislation, as well as certain other provisions. The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provision) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/93 (C. 3)) brought into force the majority of the provisions of the Act extending marriage to same sex couples under the law of England and Wales.

This Order brings into force certain provisions of the Act for the purpose of making subordinate legislation. The provisions relate to conversion of a civil partnership into a marriage under section 9 of the Act and to where a spouse changes legal gender under the Gender Recognition Act 2004 (c. 7).

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2013 c. 30.