# The Divorce (Religious Bodies) (Scotland) Regulations 2006, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations name any Hebrew Congregation as a religious body for the purposes of the definition of “religious marriage” contained in section 3A of the Divorce (Scotland) Act 1976.
That section gives a court in a divorce action the power to postpone granting decree until any impediment has been removed which would prevent a party to the action from entering into a future religious marriage. The section defines “religious marriage” by reference to the marriage being solemnised by a marriage celebrant of a religious body prescribed in regulations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2006/253/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/divorce-religious-bodies-scotland-regulations-2006/note
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