{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-prescription-of-forms-scotland-regulations-1997/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-prescription-of-forms-scotland-regulations-1997/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/2349",
  "legislation_title": "The Marriage (Prescription of Forms) (Scotland) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-prescription-of-forms-scotland-regulations-1997",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires–\n“the Act” means the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977;\n“district registrar” means the registrar for the registration district in which the marriage is to be or has been solemnised;\n“marriage notice” means a notice of intention to marry;\n“marriage notice book” means a book in which are entered particulars extracted from marriage notices and from approved certificates for marriage issued in any part of the United Kingdom other than Scotland.\n(2) Any reference in these Regulations–\n(a) to a numbered section is to a section bearing that number in the Act; and\n(b) to a numbered Schedule is to a Schedule bearing that number in these Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/2349/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:51:04.402212+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."
}