Commentary on Sections Schedule 27 - Minor and consequential amendments Paragraphs 40 to 46 - Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (c. 18)
953.Paragraphs 40 to 46 of the Schedule amend the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973. Paragraphs 40 and 41 amend sections 11 and 14 to ensure that a marriage will be void if at the time of the marriage either party was already a civil partner. Paragraphs 42 to 45 extend the provisions of the Matrimonial Causes Act so that where certain entitlements and obligations are affected by remarriage, they will also be affected by the formation of a civil partnership. Paragraph 46 inserts subsection (3A) in section 52 of the Act (interpretation) to clarify that a reference to the formation of a civil partnership includes a civil partnership which is void or voidable.