# Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2020, Section 12: Marriage between civil partners in a qualifying civil partnership: celebrants


(1) The Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 8 (persons who may solemnise marriage), after subsection (1A) insert—
“(1AA) For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in subsection (1)(a)—
(a) imposes a duty on any person who is an approved celebrant in relation to marriage between persons of different sexes to solemnise a marriage between civil partners in a qualifying civil partnership (within the meaning of section 5(6)),
(b) imposes a duty on any person to apply for temporary authorisation under section 12 to solemnise such a marriage.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2020/15/section/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-scotland-act-2020/section-12
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