Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014
Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 (2014 asp 5)
- Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 (2014 asp 5)
- PART 1 MARRIAGE
- CHAPTER 1 SAME SEX MARRIAGE
- 1 Marriage of related persons
- 2 Objections to marriage
- 3 Preliminaries to marriage
- 4 Meaning of marriage and related expressions in enactments and documents
- 5 Same sex marriage: further provision
- 6 Jurisdiction in proceedings relating to same sex marriages
- 7 Reset: abolition of defence
- CHAPTER 2 MARRIAGE BETWEEN CIVIL PARTNERS IN QUALIFYING CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS
- 8 Marriage between civil partners in qualifying civil partnerships
- 9 Power to modify meaning of “qualifying civil partnership”
- 10 Change of qualifying civil partnership into marriage
- 11 Effect of marriage between civil partners in a qualifying civil partnership
- CHAPTER 3 SOLEMNISATION OF MARRIAGE
- 12 Persons who may solemnise marriage
- 13 Registration of nominated persons as celebrants
- 14 Temporary authorisation of celebrants
- 15 Religious or belief marriage: further provision
- CHAPTER 4 SAME SEX MARRIAGE: PROTECTION OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION ETC.
- 16 Same sex marriage: protection of freedom of expression etc.
- CHAPTER 5 OTHER CHANGES TO MARRIAGE PROCEDURE
- 17 Power of district registrar to require evidence of nationality: marriage
- 18 The Marriage Schedule
- 19 Marriage outside Scotland: evidence of dissolution of former civil partnership
- 20 Religious marriages: solemnisation by Church of Scotland deacons
- 21 Places at which civil marriages may be solemnised
- 22 Second marriage ceremony: form of endorsement
- CHAPTER 6 SHERIFF COURT JURISDICTION IN RELATION TO DECLARATOR OF MARRIAGE
- 23 Sheriff court jurisdiction in relation to declarator of marriage
- PART 2 CIVIL PARTNERSHIP
- 24 Registration of civil partnership
- 25 Power of district registrar to require evidence of nationality: civil partnership
- 26 Recognition of overseas relationships
- 27 Dissolution of civil partnership: evidence
- PART 3 MARRIAGE AND CIVIL PARTNERSHIP: OTHER PROVISION
- 28 Bigamy
- PART 4 CHANGE OF GENDER OF MARRIED PERSONS OR CIVIL PARTNERS
- 29 Change of gender of married persons or civil partners
- 30 Renewed marriage or civil partnership following issue of full gender recognition certificate
- 31 Grounds of divorce: interim gender recognition certificate followed by full certificate
- PART 5 REGISTRATION SERVICES
- 32 Provision of certain information to district registrars
- 33 Form of register of marriages
- PART 6 GENERAL PROVISIONS
- 34 Interpretation
- 35 Ancillary provision
- 36 Commencement
- 37 Short title
- SCHEDULE 1 JURISDICTION IN PROCEEDINGS RELATING TO SAME SEX MARRIAGES
- Domicile and Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1973
- Presumption of Death (Scotland) Act 1977
- SCHEDULE 2 CHANGE OF GENDER OF MARRIED PERSONS OR CIVIL PARTNERS
- PART 1 APPLICATIONS BY MARRIED PERSONS AND CIVIL PARTNERS
- Introductory
- Interpretation
- Evidence
- Successful applications
- Issue of full gender recognition certificate after interim certificate: applicant married
- Issue of full gender recognition certificate after interim certificate: grounds of divorce
- Applications by both civil partners
- Appeals etc.
- Registration
- Continuity of marriage
- Continuity of civil partnership
- Foreign gender change and marriage
- PART 2 ALTERNATIVE GROUNDS FOR GRANTING APPLICATIONS FOR GENDER RECOGNITION CERTIFICATES
- Introductory
- Alternative grounds for granting applications
- Evidence for granting applications on alternative grounds
- Membership of Panels determining applications on alternative grounds
- PART 3 CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS
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