The Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 2006
Article 2 restricts the grounds on which the battery of a child may be justified as reasonable punishment. Article 3 repeals statutory provisions prohibiting marriage—between a person and the parent of that person's former spouse or former civil partner, andbetween a person and the former spouse or former civil partner of a child of that person,unless certain conditions are satisfied. Article 4 repeals corresponding prohibitions relating to civil partnerships. Article 6 makes a minor correction to the Civil Partnership Act 2004