SCHEDULE 1CONSEQUENTIAL MODIFICATIONS TO PRIMARY LEGISLATION

Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 20134

1

Schedule 6 (marriage overseas) to the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 201313 is amended as follows.

2

In paragraph 1 (provision for consular marriage), after sub-paragraph (2), insert—

3

For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)(b), two people who are in a qualifying civil partnership with each other are to be treated as not having been eligible to marry each other in Scotland.

4

In sub-paragraph (3) “qualifying civil partnership” has the meaning given by section 5(6) of the Marriage (Scotland) Act 197714.

3

In paragraph 8 (provision for marriage of armed forces personnel), after sub-paragraph (3), insert—

4

For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)(b), two people who are in a qualifying civil partnership with each other are to be treated as not having been eligible to marry each other in Scotland.

5

In sub-paragraph (4) “qualifying civil partnership” has the meaning given by section 5(6) of the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977.