PART 1INTRODUCTION
Citation and commencement
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 and Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2014.
(2) This Order comes into force on 16th December 2014.
Interpretation
2. In this Order—
“the 1977 Act” means the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977(1);
“the 1992 Act” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992(2);
“the 2004 Act” means the Gender Recognition Act 2004(3);
“the 2006 Act” means the Armed Forces Act 2006(4);
“the 2013 Act” means the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013(5);
“the 2014 Act” means the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014(6).
Extent
3.—(1) Articles 1 to 3, 7, 31, paragraph 15(7) and paragraph 16 of Schedule 5 extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
(2) Articles 12 to 30, paragraph 2(7) of Schedule 4 and paragraphs 15(1), (2), (3), (4) and 19 of Schedule 5 extend to England and Wales and Scotland only.
(3) Paragraph 15(6) of Schedule 5 extends to England and Wales only.
(4) Articles 4, 5, 8 to 11, and Schedule 1, Schedule 2, Schedule 3, Schedule 4 (except as specified in paragraph (2) of this article), Schedule 5 (except as specified in paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) of this article) and Schedule 6 extend to Scotland only.
(5) Article 6 extends to Northern Ireland only.