(1) Either party to a marriage may marry again if a decree of divorce or of nullity of the marriage is made absolute and either—
(a) there is no right of appeal against the decree absolute;
(b) the time for appealing against the decree absolute has expired without an appeal having been brought; or
(c) an appeal against the decree absolute has been dismissed;
(2) A minister of religion shall not be compelled—
(a) to solemnise the marriage of any person whose former marriage has been dissolved and whose former spouse is still living; or
(b) to permit the marriage of such a person to be solemnised in the church or chapel of which he or she is the minister.