{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-scotland-act-2020/schedule-2/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-scotland-act-2020/schedule-2/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2020/15",
  "legislation_title": "Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-scotland-act-2020",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The Family Law (Scotland) Act 1985 is modified as follows.\n(2) In section 9(1)(c)(ii) (principles to be applied)—\n(a) after “child”, in the first place that it appears, insert “ of the civil partnership, ”,\n(b) the words from “who has been accepted” to “parents” are repealed.\n(3) In section 27(1) (interpretation)—\n(a) in the definition of “child”—\n(i) after “married to” insert “ or in a civil partnership with ”,\n(ii) after “child of a marriage” insert “ or the child of a civil partnership ”,\n(b) in the definition of “family” the words from “and in relation to a civil partnership” to “parents” are repealed.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 2 in force at 1.6.2021 by S.S.I. 2021/23, reg. 2, sch. (with reg. 3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2020/15/schedule/2/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:12:44.445560+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}