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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/same-sex-marriage-prescribed-bodies-scotland-regulations-2014/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2014/305",
  "legislation_title": "The Same Sex Marriage (Prescribed Bodies) (Scotland) Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/same-sex-marriage-prescribed-bodies-scotland-regulations-2014",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Marriage\nMade 11th November 2014\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 13th November 2014\nComing into force 16th December 2014\nThe 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 1977 and all other powers enabling them to do so.\nIn accordance with section 8(1C)(a) of the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977 the bodies prescribed in regulation 2 have requested the Scottish Ministers to prescribe them.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "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)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 8(1C)(a) was inserted by section 12 of the 2014 Act."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2014/305/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:32:58.971187+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."
}