The Referral and Investigation of Proposed Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Scotland) Order 2015 No. 396

SCHEDULE 1 Amendments to the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977

5.  In section 6(1) (Marriage Schedule)—

(a) after subsection (4) insert—

“(4ZA) Unless subsection (4ZB) applies, if a proposed marriage is referred to the Secretary of State under section 3F(2) (“the referred marriage”) the Registrar General may not authorise the district registrar to issue the Marriage Schedule on the date mentioned in subsection (4)(a)(ii) without the consent of the Secretary of State.

(4ZB) This subsection applies if the request made under subsection (4)(a)(i) is made because a party to the referred marriage is gravely ill and not expected to recover.”;

(b) after subsection (7) insert—

“(8) This section has effect subject to section 6A.”

(1)

Subsection (1) was amended by sections 2 and 6 of, and paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 to, the Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Act 1986 (c. 16); subsection (1A) was inserted by the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act (asp 5); subsection (4A) was inserted by section 50, and subsection (7) amended by section 48, of the 2006 Act; and subsection (5) was amended by the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 55).

(2)

Section 3F is inserted by paragraph 2 of this Schedule.