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NI Marriage Laws: Finance Minister outlines plan for Marriage Law reform | Newry Times

Finance Minister Conor Murphy has signalled his intention to reform two aspects of local marriage law following the outcome of a public consultation.

 

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The consultation by the Department of Finance sought feedback on changing marriage laws to include non-religious beliefs.

It also asked the public for their views on raising the minimum age at which people can legally marry or enter into a civil partnership from 16, with parental consent, to 18.

 


 

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Reacting to the consultation results, Minister Murphy says, “I would like to thank all the organisations and individuals who responded positively to my Department’s consultation.

“A clear majority supported the proposal to put belief marriage on an equal footing with religious marriage.

“Support for increasing the minimum age for marriage and civil partnership to 18 years was close to unanimous, with 97% of online respondents in support of the change.”

 

 

Addressing the next steps, the Minister adds, “Consultation responses, therefore, suggest strong support for including belief marriage in the marriage law on the same basis as religious marriage, and for increasing the minimum age for marriage/civil partnership to 18 years.

“My Department will now begin work that will allow for the preparation of legislation to enable belief marriage and raise the minimum age for marriage to 18.

“It will only be possible to bring forward and enact this legislation once there is a functioning Assembly and Executive.”

Read the Minister’s Written Statement here.

A full report of the consultation’s findings will shortly be available on the Departmental website.

 

 

 


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