Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014

15 Religious or belief marriage: further provision S

(1) The 1977 Act is amended as follows.

(2) In section 6(5) (solemnisation of marriage on date and at place in Marriage Schedule), for “religious marriage” substitute “ religious or belief marriage ”.

(3) In section 11 (alterations to register), in paragraph (a), for “religious body” substitute “ religious or belief body ”.

(4) In the title of section 13 (preliminaries to solemnisation of religious marriages), for “religious marriages” substitute “ marriages by approved celebrants ”.

(5) In section 14(a) (form of ceremony to be used by approved celebrant), for “religious body” substitute “ religious or belief body ”.

(6) In the title of section 15 (registration of religious marriages), for “religious marriages” substitute “ religious or belief marriages ”.

(7) In section 15(3) (entry in register of marriage on receipt of Marriage Schedule), for “religious marriage” substitute “ religious or belief marriage ”.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 15 in force at 16.12.2014 by S.S.I. 2014/287, art. 3, Sch.