1929 increased the age of marriage to sixteen with consent of parents or guardians and 21 without that consent. It was passed in response to a campaign by the National Union of Societies for Equal Citizenship. Until this point, at common law and by canon law a person who had attained the legal age of puberty could contract a valid marriage. A marriage contracted by persons either of whom was under the legal age of puberty was voidable. The legal age of was fourteen years for males and twelve years for females. This section amended the law so that a marriage contracted by persons either of whom was under the age of sixteen years was void. The Marriage Act 1949 prohibited solemnizing marriages during evenings and at night; since the Marriage Act 1836 it had been forbidden to marry between the hours of six in the evening and eight in the morning. This prohibition was repealed on 1 October 2012. The Family Law Reform Act 1987 made revisions to the Marriage Act 1949, which had the effect of reducing the age of marriage without parental consent to 18. The Marriage Act 1994 was originally introduced as a private member's bill by Gyles Brandreth and allowed marriages to be solemnized in certain "approved premises"; prior to the act, marriage ceremonies could only be conducted in churches and register offices. 21st century In 2013, Parliament passed the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act, introducing same-sex marriage in England and Wales. Same-sex weddings began on 29 March 2014; however, the provisions of the Act came into force on 13 March 2014, meaning that existing same-sex marriages performed abroad were recognised from that date. Prior to this, Civil partnerships had been made available to same-sex couples in the United Kingdom in 2005, granting rights and responsibilities virtually identical to civil marriage. On 27 February 2023, the minimum age at which a person can marry was increased to eighteen years by the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Act 2022. Previously, a person could marry when aged sixteen or seventeen, if parental permission was given. The Act also creates provisions to make it an offence to cause a person under-18 to enter into a religious or civil ceremony, even if not legally binding. Royal marriages Marriages of members of the royal family were formerly regulated by the Royal Marriages Act of 1772 (repealed 2015), which made