preamble
Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
s. 1
— Power to refuse decree absolute if steps not taken to dissolve religious marriage
s. 1(1)
In the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (c. 18), insert—
s. 1(2)
Subsections (3) and (4) of section 9 of the Family Law Act 1996 (c. 27) (arrangements on divorce: religious marriages) are repealed.
s. 2
— Short title, commencement and extent
s. 2(1)
This Act may be cited as the Divorce (Religious Marriages) Act 2002.
s. 2(2)
Section 1 comes into force on such day as the Lord Chancellor may appoint by order made by statutory instrument.
s. 2(3)
This Act extends to England and Wales only.