PART 1INTRODUCTION

Citation and commencement1

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.

Interpretation2

In this Order—

  • “the 1977 Act” means the Marriage (Scotland) Act 19773;

  • “the 1992 Act” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 19924;

  • “the 2004 Act” means the Gender Recognition Act 20045;

  • “the 2006 Act” means the Armed Forces Act 20066;

  • “the 2013 Act” means the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 20137;

  • “the 2014 Act” means the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 20148.

Extent3

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.