Marriage
and Civil Partnership (Amendments) (Jersey) Law 202-
A LAW to amend further the law
relating to marriage and civil partnership.
Adopted
by the States 18th January 2023
Sanctioned
by Order of His Majesty in Council [date to be inserted]
Registered by the Royal Court [date to be inserted]
Coming into force [date to be inserted]
THE STATES, subject to the sanction of His Most
Excellent Majesty in Council, have adopted the following Law –
1 Marriage and Civil Status (Amendment No. 5) (Jersey) Law 202-
amended
(1) This Article amends the Marriage and Civil
Status (Amendment No. 5) (Jersey) Law 202-.
(2) In Article 3 (Article 3 (restriction on
marriage) amended) –
(a) in substituted
paragraph (4) of Article 3 of the Marriage and Civil Status
(Jersey) Law 2001, “(within the meaning of paragraph 2(2) of that Schedule)” is
deleted;
(b) substituted paragraph (5)
of Article 3 of the Marriage and Civil Status
(Jersey) Law 2001 is deleted.
(3) In Schedule 1 (relations whom it is
prohibited to marry), in substituted Schedule 1 to the Marriage and Civil Status
(Jersey) Law 2001 –
(a) in paragraph 1
(absolute prohibitions), in the list in sub-paragraph (2), after
“Grandchild” there is inserted –
“Adoptive grandchild
Former adoptive grandchild”;
(b) in paragraph 2
(qualified prohibitions) –
(i) in sub-paragraph (1)
“unless the younger has not at any time before reaching the age of 18 been a child
of the family in relation to the other” is deleted,
(ii) sub-paragraph (3)
is deleted;
(c) paragraph 3 (qualified
prohibition on marriage with a former step-parent) is
deleted.
2 Civil Partnership
(Amendment) (Jersey) Law 202- amended
(1) This Article amends the Civil Partnership
(Amendment) (Jersey) Law 202‑.
(2) For the text of Article 41 (Schedule 2
(prohibited degrees of relationship) amended) there is substituted –
“In Schedule 2 paragraph 5
(and the table referred to in that paragraph) is deleted.”.
(3) Schedule 1 (Schedule 2 substituted) is
deleted.
3 Citation and
commencement
This Law may be cited as the Marriage and Civil Partnership
(Amendments) (Jersey) Law 202- and comes into force 7 days after it
is registered.