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Scottish Statutory Instruments
Civil Partnership
Marriage
Made
15th December 2016
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
19th December 2016
Coming into force
14th February 2017
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 8(1)(a)(ii) and (1B)(a)(i) of the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977(1) and section 94A(1)(a)(i) of the Civil Partnership Act 2004(2) and all other powers enabling them to do so.
In accordance with section 8(1A)(a) and (1C)(a) of the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977(3) and section 94A(2)(a) of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 the body referred to in regulations 2, 3 and 4 has requested the Scottish Ministers to prescribe it.
1977 c.15; section 8(1) was amended by the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1980 c.55, section 22(1)(b) and (2), and by the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 5) (“the 2014 Act”), section 12(2). The functions of the Secretary of State in section 8(1)(a)(ii) of the 1977 Act were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 c.46.
2004 c.33. Section 94A was inserted by section 24(13) of the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 5). A second section 94A was inserted by S.I. 2015/396.
Section 8(1A)(a) and (1C)(a) were inserted by the 2014 Act, section 12(2)(b).
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