{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-approval-of-places-scotland-amendment-regulations-2005/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2005/657",
  "legislation_title": "The Marriage (Approval of Places) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-approval-of-places-scotland-amendment-regulations-2005",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Marriage (Approval of Places) (Scotland) Regulations 2002",
  "text": "For regulation 7(2)(b) (ground for refusal to approve place of solemnisation of civil marriage – connection to religion or religious practice) of the Marriage (Approval of Places) (Scotland) Regulations 2002, substitute–\n“(b) the place is in religious premises, that is to say premises which–\n(i) are used solely or mainly for religious purposes; or\n(ii) have been so used and have not subsequently been used solely or mainly for other purposes;”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.S.I. 2002/260."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2005/657/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:22:09.811466+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."
}