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An Act to amend the law relating to husband and wife and breach of promise of marriage and for connected purposes.
[24th May 1984]
Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
(1)No promise of marriage or agreement between two persons to marry one another shall have effect under the law of Scotland to create any rights or obligations; and no action for breach of any such promise or agreement may be brought in any court in Scotland, whatever the law applicable to the promise or agreement.
(2)This section shall have effect in relation to any promise made or agreement entered into before it comes into force, but shall not effect any action commenced before it comes into force.
(1)No spouse shall be entitled to apply for a decree from any court in Scotland ordaining the other spouse to adhere.
(2)No persons shall be liable in delict to any person by reason only of having induced the spouse of that person to leave or remain apart from that person.
(3)This section shall not have affect any action commenced before this Act comes into force.
(1)No married person shall, only of minority, be subject to the curatory of his parent or of any person appointed by his parent.
(2)No wife shall, by reason only of minority, be subject to the curatory of her husband.
(3)Section 2 of the Married Women’s Property (Scotland) M1Act 1920 (husband to be curator to his wife during her minority) is repealed.
Marginal Citations
Any rule of law entitling the husband, as between husband and wife, to determine where the matrimonial home is to be, shall cease to have effect.
(1)In relation to an antenuptial contract of marriage entered into after this Act comes into force—
(a)any rule of law enabling a woman to create an alimentary right in her own favour in respect of any property provided by her shall cease to have effect;
(b)any rule of law whereby the marriage is onerous consideration for any provision of the contract, shall cease to have effect.
(2)Nothing in paragraph (b) of subsection (1) above shall affect the operation of any enactment relating to gifts in consideration of marriage.
(1)A husband shall not be liable, by reason only of being her husband, for any debts incurred by his wife before marriage.
(2)Subsection (1) above shall have effect in relation to any such debts, whether incurred before or after this Act comes into force.
(3)Section 4 of the Married Women’s Property (Scotland) M2Act 1877 (liability of husband for wife’s antenuptial debts limited to amount of property received through her) is repealed.
Marginal Citations
(1)For the purpose of determining a husband’s liability for any obligation incurred by his wife after this Act comes into force, a married woman shall not be presumed as a matter of law to have been placed by her husband in charge of his domestic affairs, and any rule of law to the contrary shall cease to have effect.
(2)No warrant of inhibition or inhibition in whatever form may be granted at the instance of a husband for the purpose of cancelling his wife’s authority to incur any obligation on his behalf.
(3)No such inhibition granted before the date this Act comes into force shall be registered on or after that date, and any such inhibition registered before that date shall be treated as discharged on that date.
Any rule of law whereby a husband—
(a)who is not a party to an action between his wife and a third party, and
(b)who is not, in relation to that action,dominus litis,
may nevertheless be found liable in the expenses of that action, shall cease to have effect.
(1)The enactments specified in Schedule 1 shall have effect subject to the amendments specified in that Schedule, being amendments consequential to the provisions of this Act.
(2)The enactments specified in Schedule 2 are repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.
(1)This Act may be cited as the Law Reform (Husband and Wife) (Scotland) Act 1984.
(2)This Act shall come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which it is passed.
(3)This Act extends to Scotland only.
Section 9(1).
1SIn section 16 (certain enactments to apply to actions of adherence etc.), omit “actions of adherence, and”.
2SIn section 19 (interpretation), in the definition of “consistorial action”, omit “and of adherence”.
3, 4.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 1 paras. 3, 4, 6 repealed by Family Law (Scotland) Act 1985 (c. 37, SIF 49:3), ss. 28(2), 29(4), Sch. 2
5SIn section 4 (power of sheriff to make provisional maintenance order), in subsection (2), omit “or adherence and aliment”.
6S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2
Textual Amendments
F2Sch. 1 paras. 3, 4, 6 repealed by Family Law (Scotland) Act 1985 (c. 37, SIF 49:3), ss. 28(2), 29(4), Sch. 2
7SIn Schedule 8, in paragraph 2, in rule (5), omit “for adherence and aliment or”.
Section 9(2).
Chapter | Short title | Extent of repeal |
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24 & 25 Vict. c. 86. | Conjugal Rights (Scotland) Amendment Act 1861. | Sections 1 to 5. |
37 & 38 Vict. c. 31. | Conjugal Rights (Scotland) Amendment Act 1874. | The whole Act. |
40 & 41 Vict. c. 29. | Married Women’s Property (Scotland) Act 1877. | The whole Act. |
10 & 11 Geo. 5 c. 64. | Married Women’s Property (Scotland) Act 1920. | Section 2. |
6 & 7 Eliz. 2 c. 40. | Matrimonial Proceedings (Children) Act 1958. | Subsection (2) of section 9. |
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