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StatuteEquality Act 2010

Section 25A — Equality Act 2010: Marriage according to religious rites: no compulsion to solemnize etc

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Marriage according to religious rites: no compulsion to solemnize etc 25A 1 A person does not contravene section 29 only because the person—

a does not conduct a relevant marriage, b is not present at, does not carry out, or does not otherwise participate in, a relevant marriage, or c does not consent to a relevant marriage being conducted, for the reason that the marriage is the marriage of a same sex couple.

2 Expressions used in this paragraph and in section 2 of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 have the same meanings in this paragraph as in that section.

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