The Referral and Investigation of Proposed Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Scotland) Order 2015

This section has no associated Explanatory Memorandum

8.  In section 26(2) (interpretation)—

(a)before the definition of “annulment” insert—

2014 Act” means the Immigration Act 2014(1);;

(b)after the definition of “religious or belief marriage”(2) insert—

“relevant national” means—

(a)

a British citizen,

(b)

a national of an EEA State other than the United Kingdom, or

(c)

a national of Switzerland;.

(2)

the definition of religious or belief marriage was inserted by section 12(4) of the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 5).