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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-and-civil-partnership-scotland-act-2014/section-18",
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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",
  "path": "section/18",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "The Marriage Schedule",
  "text": "(1) The 1977 Act is amended as follows.\n(2) In section 6 (the Marriage Schedule)—\n(a) after subsection (1) insert—\n“(1A) Regulations under subsection (1) prescribing the form of the Marriage Schedule may make different provision for different cases or circumstances.”, and\n(b) in subsection (4)(a), for “14 days” in both places where those words appear substitute “ 28 days ”.\n(3) In section 7(2) (issuing of certificate in respect of legal capacity to marry), for “14 days” substitute “ 28 days ”.\n(4) In section 19(1) (period between receipt of marriage notice and solemnisation of marriage), for “14 days” substitute “ 28 days ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 18(1)(2)(b)(3)(4) in force at 1.3.2015 by S.S.I. 2015/14, art. 2, Sch. (with art. 3(1)(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 18(2)(a) in force at 1.9.2014 by S.S.I. 2014/212, art. 2, Sch."
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2014/5/section/18",
    "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."
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