{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-scotland-act-1977/section-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-scotland-act-1977/section-18.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1977/15",
  "legislation_title": "Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-scotland-act-1977",
  "path": "section/18",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Places at which civil marriages may be solemnised.",
  "text": "(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, an authorised registrar shall solemnise a civil marriage\n(a) in his registration office ; ...\n(aa) at an appropriate place in the registration district of the authorised registrar; or\n(ab) with the approval of the Registrar General, at—\n(i) the registration office of another authorised registrar;\n(ii) an appropriate place in the registration district of another authorised registrar; or\n(iii) an appropriate place in Scottish waters.\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(1A) In this section—\n“appropriate place” means a place which—\n(a)the parties to the intended marriage and the local registration authority agree is to be the place of solemnisation; and\n(b)is not religious premises;\n“local registration authority” means—\n(a)the local registration authority for the registration district which includes the place; or\n(b)where the place is in Scottish waters, the local registration authority for the authorised registrar's registration district;\n“religious premises” means premises which—\n(a)are used solely or mainly for religious purposes; or\n(b)have been so used and have not subsequently been used solely or mainly for other purposes.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word “a” in s. 18(1) inserted (25.4.2002) by 2002 asp 8, s. 1(2)(a)(i); S.S.I. 2002/184, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in s. 18(1)(a) repealed (1.1.2007) by Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 14), ss. 48(6)(a)(i), 63(2); S.S.I. 2006/469, art. 3, sch. 2 (with art. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 18(1)(aa)(ab) inserted (1.9.2014) by Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 5), ss. 21(2)(a)(i), 36; S.S.I. 2014/212, art. 2, sch. (as amended (1.9.2014) by S.S.I. 2014/218, art. 2(3), sch.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 18(1)(b) repealed (1.9.2014) by Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 5), ss. 21(2)(a)(ii), 36; S.S.I. 2014/212, art. 2, sch. (as amended (1.9.2014) by S.S.I. 2014/218, art. 2(3), sch.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 18(1)(c) repealed (1.9.2014) by Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 5), ss. 21(2)(a)(iii), 36; S.S.I. 2014/212, art. 2, sch. (as amended (1.9.2014) by S.S.I. 2014/218, art. 2(3), sch.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "S. 18(1A) inserted (1.9.2014) by Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 5), ss. 21(2)(b), 36; S.S.I. 2014/212, art. 2, sch. (as amended (1.9.2014) by S.S.I. 2014/218, art. 2(3), sch.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "S. 18(2)-(8) repealed (1.9.2014) by Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 5), ss. 21(2)(c), 36; S.S.I. 2014/212, art. 2, sch. (as amended (1.9.2014) by S.S.I. 2014/218, art. 2(3), sch.)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1977/15/section/18",
    "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."
}