# The Marriage (Prescription of Forms) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2005

S.S.I. 2005/596 · made 23 November 2005

These Regulations amend the Marriage (Prescription of Forms) (Scotland) Regulations 1997.

Made under: Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977 (Section 3, Section 4, Section 6, Section 7)

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## Introductory text

MARRIAGE
Made 23rd November 2005
Coming into force 5th December 2005
The Registrar General, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 3(1), 4(1), 6(1) and 7(2) of the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf and with the approval of the Scottish Ministers under section 25 of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:

## 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Marriage (Prescription of Forms) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2005 and shall come into force on 5th December 2005.
(2) In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations” means the Marriage (Prescription of Forms) (Scotland) Regulations 1997.

## 2 Amendment of the principal Regulations

In regulation 5(c) of the principal Regulations, after “marital” insert “or civil partnership”.

## 3 Amendment of the principal Regulations

For the form set out in Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations substitute the form set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.

## 4 Amendment of the principal Regulations

For the form set out in Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations substitute the form set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.

## 5 Amendment of the principal Regulations

For the form set out in Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations substitute the form set out in Schedule 3 to these Regulations.

## 6 Amendment of the principal Regulations

For the form set out in Schedule 4 to the principal Regulations substitute the form set out in Schedule 4 to these Regulations.

## Signature

D MACNIVEN
Registrar General for Scotland
New Register House, Edinburgh
22nd November 2005
Approved by the Scottish Ministers
GEORGE LYON
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh
23rd November 2005

## Schedule 1 



## Schedule 2 

Form DSR

## Schedule 3 



## Schedule 4 

Form M1

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Marriage (Prescription of Forms) (Scotland) Regulations 1997.
Revised forms relating to the marriage notice (form M10 – regulation 3), the declaration to be made by parties to a marriage who are related by affinity (form DSR – regulation 4), the marriage schedule (regulation 5) and the certificate of no impediment (form M1 – regulation 6) are substituted to reflect changes brought about by the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33).
In addition, the prescribed particulars to be entered in the marriage notice book for the purposes of section 4(1) of the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977 (c. 15) are amended to include a reference to civil partnership status

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