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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-and-civil-partnership-scotland-act-2014/section-15",
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  "legislation": "asp/2014/5",
  "legislation_title": "Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-and-civil-partnership-scotland-act-2014",
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  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Religious or belief marriage: further provision",
  "text": "(1) The 1977 Act is amended as follows.\n(2) In section 6(5) (solemnisation of marriage on date and at place in Marriage Schedule), for “religious marriage” substitute “ religious or belief marriage ”.\n(3) In section 11 (alterations to register), in paragraph (a), for “religious body” substitute “ religious or belief body ”.\n(4) In the title of section 13 (preliminaries to solemnisation of religious marriages), for “religious marriages” substitute “ marriages by approved celebrants ”.\n(5) In section 14(a) (form of ceremony to be used by approved celebrant), for “religious body” substitute “ religious or belief body ”.\n(6) In the title of section 15 (registration of religious marriages), for “religious marriages” substitute “ religious or belief marriages ”.\n(7) In section 15(3) (entry in register of marriage on receipt of Marriage Schedule), for “religious marriage” substitute “ religious or belief marriage ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 15 in force at 16.12.2014 by S.S.I. 2014/287, art. 3, Sch."
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2014/5/section/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:14:16.149256+00:00"
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  "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."
}