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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-and-civil-partnership-scotland-act-2014/section-2",
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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/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Objections to marriage",
  "text": "In section 5(4) of the 1977 Act (objections to marriage)—\n(a) paragraph (e) is repealed, and\n(b) in paragraph (f), for “than one mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (e) above,” substitute\n“than—\n(i) one mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (d) above; or\n(ii) the ground that the parties are of the same sex,”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 2 in force at 16.12.2014 by S.S.I. 2014/287, art. 3, Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2014/5/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:14:16.149256+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."
}