SCHEDULE 1CONSEQUENTIAL MODIFICATIONS TO PRIMARY LEGISLATION
Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 20134
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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—
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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—
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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.
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In sub-paragraph (4) “qualifying civil partnership” has the meaning given by section 5(6) of the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977.