Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013

E366809

Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom UK primary legislation

The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 is a landmark UK law that legalized civil marriage for same-sex couples in England and Wales, granting them equal marriage rights to opposite-sex couples.

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Label	Occurrences
Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 canonical	3

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ UK primary legislation ⓘ
aim	to provide equal marriage rights for same-sex couples and opposite-sex couples in civil marriage ⓘ
amends	Equality Act 2010 ⓘ Gender Recognition Act 2004 ⓘ Marriage Act 1949 ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	England ⓘ Wales ⓘ
citation	2013 c. 30 ⓘ
commencement	2014-03-13 ⓘ
containsProvisionOn	conversion of civil partnerships into marriages ⓘ gender recognition for married persons and civil partners ⓘ religious protections regarding same-sex marriage ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
doesNotApplyToJurisdiction	Northern Ireland ⓘ Scotland ⓘ
firstSameSexMarriagesDate	2014-03-29 ⓘ
government	Cameron–Clegg coalition government ⓘ surface form: Cameron–Clegg coalition
hasOnlineText	https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2013/30/contents/enacted ⓘ
includesExemption	protection for individual religious ministers from compulsion to conduct same-sex marriages ⓘ protection for religious organisations from compulsion to conduct same-sex marriages ⓘ
includesMechanism	opt-in system for religious organisations to perform same-sex marriages ⓘ
introducedBy	Maria Miller ⓘ
introducedInChamber	House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
languageOfText	English ⓘ
legalEffect	enabled religious organisations that opt in to conduct same-sex marriages ⓘ granted same-sex couples access to civil marriage on equal terms with opposite-sex couples ⓘ legalised civil marriage for same-sex couples in England and Wales ⓘ
legislativeBody	British Parliament ⓘ surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
longTitle	An Act to make provision for the marriage of same sex couples in England and Wales, about gender change by married persons and civil partners, and for connected purposes ⓘ
parliamentarySession	2013 ⓘ
partOf	LGBT rights in the United Kingdom ⓘ same-sex marriage legislation in the United Kingdom ⓘ
politicalContext	Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition government ⓘ
precededBy	Civil Partnership Act 2004 (as it applies in Northern Ireland) ⓘ surface form: Civil Partnership Act 2004
region	England ⓘ Wales ⓘ
royalAssentDate	2013-07-17 ⓘ
shortTitle	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 self-link ⓘ
status	in force ⓘ
subjectMatter	LGBT rights ⓘ civil partnerships ⓘ gender recognition ⓘ marriage law ⓘ same-sex marriage ⓘ
territorialExtent	England and Wales ⓘ
typeOfChange	legalisation of same-sex marriage ⓘ
yearOfAct	2013 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition government → introducedLegislation → Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 ⓘ

55th Parliament of the United Kingdom → passesAct → Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 ⓘ

Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 → shortTitle → Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 self-link ⓘ