This Order is made under Schedule 6 of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 which empowers Her Majesty, by Order in Council, to make provision for two people to marry in countries or territories outside the United Kingdom in the presence of a registration officer (consular official). Schedule 6 also empowers Her Majesty, by Order in Council, to make provision for the issuing of certificates of no impediment where a marriage is to take place under foreign law.