Schedule 6 – Marriage overseas
180.Schedule 6 deals with marriages (including marriages of same sex couples) in British consulates overseas; certificates of no impediment issued to facilitate overseas marriages and civil partnerships carried out under local laws, indicating that no legal impediment has been shown preventing the relevant party from getting married or entering into a civil partnership; and marriages on armed forces bases overseas.
181.The overall effect of Parts 1 and 2 is to provide a power for Her Majesty by Order in Council to legislate in relation to the arrangements for marriage (including marriage of same sex couples) in overseas consulates and the issuing of certificates of no impediment. The provisions in Parts 1 and 2 largely replicate sections 210 (Registration at British consulates etc), 240 (Certificates of no impediment to overseas relationships) and 244 (Orders in Council: supplementary) of the Civil Partnership Act. The Civil Partnership Act (through the Civil Partnership (Registration Abroad and Certificates) Order 2005), allows the provisions of the Foreign Marriage Act 1892 to be replicated for the purposes of carrying out consular civil partnerships. The effect of Part 3 is to provide for a very similar power for Her Majesty by Order in Council to legislate to enable service personnel and accompanying civilians (including same sex couples) to marry overseas.