{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-scotland-act-2020/schedule-2/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-scotland-act-2020/schedule-2/paragraph-3.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/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The Law Reform (Parent and Child) (Scotland) Act 1986 is modified as follows.\n(2) In section 5 (presumptions)—\n(a) in subsection (1)(a) after “married to” insert “ or in a civil partnership with ”,\n(b) in subsection (2) for the words from “apply” to the end substitute “apply—\n“(a) in the case of a void, voidable or irregular marriage as it applies in the case of a valid and regular marriage,\n(b) in the case of a void or voidable civil partnership as it applies in the case of a valid civil partnership.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 3 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/3",
    "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."
}