{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-prescription-of-forms-scotland-amendment-regulations-2015/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2015/313",
  "legislation_title": "The Marriage (Prescription of Forms) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-prescription-of-forms-scotland-amendment-regulations-2015",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Marriage\nMade 28th August 2015\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 31st August 2015\nComing into force in accordance with regulation 1\nThe Registrar General makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 3(1) of the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977 and all other powers enabling him to do so.\nIn accordance with section 25(1) of the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977 the Scottish Ministers have approved the making of these Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1977 c.15; section 3(1) was relevantly amended by the Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 14), Part 2, section 50(2)(a); the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c.33), Schedule 28(4), paragraph 43(a); the Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Act 1986 (c.16), section 2, Schedule 2, paragraph 3; and the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 5), section 3(2)(a) and 8(2). Section 17(2) adds in section 3(4A) and (4B). Section 26(2) contains a definition of “prescribed” relevant to the exercise of the powers under which these Regulations are made."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The functions of the Secretary of State under the 1977 Act were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.45)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2015/313/introduction",
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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."
}