SCHEDULE Consequential Amendments to Acts of Parliament
Perjury Act 19112
1
Section 3 of the Perjury Act 191113 (false statements, etc, with reference to marriage) is amended as follows.
2
In subsection (1)(b)—
a
after “register of marriage” insert “or register of conversions”, and
b
after “marriage” in the second place it occurs, insert “or any civil partnership which is to be converted into a marriage”.
3
After subsection (2), insert—
3
In subsection (1)(b), “register of conversions” means the register of conversions of civil partnerships into marriages kept by the Registrar General in accordance with section 9 of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 201314 and regulations made under that section.