Constitution of the United Kingdom 1215, as amended to 2013
Marriage and Family Life
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    (1) Everyone has the right to respect for his private and family life, his home and his correspondence.
    … (Art. 8 of ECHR, Human Rights Act 1998 Schedule 1)
Marriage and Family Life
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    Men and women of marriageable age have the right to marry and to found a family, according to the national laws governing the exercise of this right. (Art. 12 of ECHR, Human Rights Act 1998 Schedule 1)
Marriage and Family Life
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    The High Court shall, in accordance with section 19 (2), have all such jurisdiction in relation to matrimonial causes and matters as was immediately before the commencement of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1857 vested in or exercisable by any ecclesiastical court or person in England or Wales in respect of—
    a. divorce a mensa et thoro (renamed judicial separation by that Act);
    b. nullity of marriage; and
    c. any matrimonial cause or matter except marriage licences. (Senior Courts Act 1981, Sec. 26)
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Constitution of the United Kingdom 1215, as amended to 2013. The United Kingdom does not possess a codified "constitution" but an unwritten one consisting of Acts of Parliament, court judgments and conventions (English) and the British Nationality Act 1981 (English). UN Women database provisions are based on these sources.
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As amended by British Overseas Act 2002 and Treaty of Lisbon (Changes in Terminology) Order 2011.
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As amended by Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002.
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As amended by Civil Partnership Act 2004.
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As amended by Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002, Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006, and Immigration Act 2014.
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As amended by Constitutional Reform Act 2005, Armed Forces Act 2006, Mental Capacity Act 2005, and Crime and Courts Act 2013.
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Hereinafter ECHR.
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As amended by Scotland Act 2016.
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According to Sec. 1: (1) “In this Act “the Convention rights” means the rights and fundamental freedoms set out in—(a) Articles 2 to 12 and 14 of the Convention,(b) Articles 1 to 3 of the First Protocol, and(c) Article 1 of the Thirteenth Protocol as read with Articles 16 to 18 of the Convention.(2) Those Articles are to have effect for the purposes of this Act subject to any designated derogation or reservation (as to which see sections 14 and 15) (3) The Articles are set out in Schedule 1. …”
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As amended by Constitutional Reform Act 2005, Armed Forces Act 2006, and Mental Capacity Act 2005, Crime and Courts Act 2013.
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Also refer to Act of Settlement 1701.
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As amended by Succession to the Crown Act 2013.
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According to Sec. 1: (1) “In this Act “the Convention rights” means the rights and fundamental freedoms set out in—(a) Articles 2 to 12 and 14 of the Convention,(b) Articles 1 to 3 of the First Protocol, and(c) Article 1 of the Thirteenth Protocol as read with Articles 16 to 18 of the Convention.(2) Those Articles are to have effect for the purposes of this Act subject to any designated derogation or reservation (as to which see sections 14 and 15). (3) The Articles are set out in Schedule 1. …”