In this Part (except where the context otherwise requires)—

• F2“civil partnership” includes—

  1. (a)

     a civil partnership which exists by virtue of the Civil Partnership Act 2004, and

  1. (b)

     a purported civil partnership,

• “court” means the Court of Session or the sheriff F1and in sections 1, 2, 4 and 5 includes the Sheriff Appeal Court,

• “force” and related expressions have the meanings given by section 1(6),

• “forced marriage protection order” has the meaning given by section 1(6),

• “interim forced marriage protection order” has the meaning given by section 5(2),

• “marriage” means any religious F3, belief or civil ceremony of marriage (wherever carried out and whether or not legally binding under the law of Scotland or any other place),

• “protected person” has the meaning given by section 1(1).