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13/03/2014
Gay Marriage To Become Legal On 29 March
Registration will open on Thursday for first same-sex couplesin England and Wales who want to hold weddings on the day gay marriage becomes legal, 29th March.
Gay couples who got married overseas will also be legally recognised from Thursday.
Couples have to give 15 days' notice to marry at a register office, and need to this on Thursday to become one of the first pairs in tie the knot.
Changes in the law are not being introduced in Northern Ireland.
(CVS/CD)
Gay couples who got married overseas will also be legally recognised from Thursday.
Couples have to give 15 days' notice to marry at a register office, and need to this on Thursday to become one of the first pairs in tie the knot.
Changes in the law are not being introduced in Northern Ireland.
(CVS/CD)
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