{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-scotland-act-1977/section-14",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-scotland-act-1977/section-14.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1977/15",
  "legislation_title": "Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-scotland-act-1977",
  "path": "section/14",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Form of ceremony to be used by approved celebrant.",
  "text": "An approved celebrant who is a person specified—\n(a) in section 8(1)(a)(i) or (ii) or (1B)(a)(i) of this Act shall not solemnise a marriage except in accordance with a form of ceremony recognised by the religious or belief body to which he belongs as sufficient for the solemnisation of marriages;\n(b) in section 8(1)(a)(iii) or (iv) or (1B)(a)(ii) or (iii) of this Act shall not solemnise a marriage except in accordance with a form of ceremony which includes and is in no way inconsistent with the declarations specified in section 9(3) or (3A) of this Act.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 14(a) inserted (16.12.2014) by Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 5), ss. 12(3)(a), 36; S.S.I. 2014/287, art. 3, sch. (with art. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 14(a) substituted (16.12.2014) by Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 5), ss. 15(5), 36; S.S.I. 2014/287, art. 3, sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 14(b) inserted (16.12.2014) by Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 5), ss. 12(3)(b), 36; S.S.I. 2014/287, art. 3, sch. (with art. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 14(b) inserted (16.12.2014) by Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 5), ss. 13(4), 36; S.S.I. 2014/287, art. 3, sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1977/15/section/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:24:49.184270+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."
}