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Section 8: Marriage and civil partnership

Equality Act 2010 · 2010 c. 15View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 2: Equality: key concepts — Chapter 1: Protected characteristics

A person has the protected characteristic of marriage and civil partnership if the person is married or is a civil partner.

In relation to the protected characteristic of marriage and civil partnership—

a reference to a person who has a particular protected characteristic is a reference to a person who is married or is a civil partner;
a reference to persons who share a protected characteristic is a reference to persons who are married or are civil partners.

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