The Same Sex Marriage (Prescribed Bodies) (Scotland) Regulations 2014
S.S.I. 2014/305 · Made 11 November 2014 · Extends to Scotland
Marriage
Made 11th November 2014
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 13th November 2014
Coming into force 16th December 2014
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 8(1B)(a)(i) of the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977f1 and all other powers enabling them to do so.
In accordance with section 8(1C)(a)f2 of the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977 the bodies prescribed in regulation 2 have requested the Scottish Ministers to prescribe them.
Annotations to the whole text
Footnotes
- f1
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1977 c.15; section 8(1B) was inserted by the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 5) (“the 2014 Act”) section 12(2)(b).
- f2
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Section 8(1C)(a) was inserted by section 12 of the 2014 Act.
Contents
1Citation and commencementI1
These Regulations may be cited as the Same Sex Marriage (Prescribed Bodies) (Scotland) Regulations 2014 and come into force on 16th December 2014.
2Prescribed bodiesI1
The bodies prescribed for the purposes of section 8(1B)(a)(i) of the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977 are listed in the Schedule to these Regulations.
Signature
ALEX NEIL
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
11th November 2014
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F1Humanist Society Scotland
The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
The Scottish Unitarian Association
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations prescribe the religious or belief bodies whose ministers, clergymen, pastors, priests or other celebrants are entitled to solemnise same sex marriage without the need to be registered as approved celebrants or authorised to solemnise marriages between persons of the same sex.