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REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES, ETC

MARRIAGE

Made 13th February 2003

Laid before the Scottish Parliament 17th February 2003

Coming into force 12th March 2003

The Registrar General, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 28A(4), 37(2) and (3), 38(2) and (3), 40(1), 43(8), 47, 54(1) and 56 of the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965^f1, and sections 3(1), 19(2), 25 and 26 of the Marriages (Scotland) Act 1977^f2, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and with the approval of the Scottish Ministers^f3, hereby makes the following Regulations:

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f1: 1965 c. 49; section 28A was inserted by the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985 (c. 73), section 50(1); section 54(1) was amended by the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1981 (c. 19), Schedule 1, part XII, the Children Act 1975 (c. 72), Schedule 4, part III, and by the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977 (c. 15) (“the 1977 Act”), Schedule 3; section 56 contains a definition of “prescribed” relevant to the exercise of the statutory powers under which these Regulations are made.
f2: 1977 c. 15; section 3(1) was amended by the Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Act 1986 (c. 16), Schedule 2, paragraph 3; section 26 was amended by the Family Law Act 1986 (c. 55), Schedule 1, paragraph 22, and contains a definition of “prescribed” relevant to the exercise of the statutory powers under which these Regulations are made.
f3: The functions of the Secretary of State under section 54(1) of the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965, and section 26 of the 1977 Act, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46).