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The Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 and Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2014

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 INTRODUCTION

    1. 1.Citation and commencement

    2. 2.Interpretation

    3. 3.Extent

  3. PART 2 CONSEQUENTIAL PROVISIONS

    1. 4.Meaning of marriage and related expressions: Scotland

    2. 5.Contrary provision to Schedule 1 and consequential modification of enactments etc. as a result

  4. PART 3 SCOTTISH SAME SEX MARRIAGE IN NORTHERN IRELAND

    1. 6.Treatment of Scottish same sex marriage in Northern Ireland

    2. 7.Recognition of a dissolution of a deemed civil partnership

  5. PART 4 STATE PENSIONS

    1. 8.Category B retirement pension for married person

    2. 9.Category B retirement pension for widows and widowers

    3. 10.Category B retirement pension for widowers

    4. 11.Adult dependency increases

    5. 12.Converted or changed civil partnerships

  6. PART 5 MARRIAGE OVERSEAS

    1. CHAPTER 1 Consular and armed forces marriage between civil partners - general

      1. 13.Meaning of civil partnership

      2. 14.Effect of consular or armed forces marriage between civil partners

      3. 15.Modification of the 2004 Act

    2. CHAPTER 2 Consular marriage between civil partners

      1. 16.Interpretation

      2. 17.Countries or territories in which consular marriage between civil partners may take place

      3. 18.Consular change of civil partnership into marriage

      4. 19.Consular declaration

      5. 20.Consular change procedure

      6. 21.Duty to register civil partnerships changed into marriages

      7. 22.Power to dispense with requirements

    3. CHAPTER 3 Armed forces marriage between civil partners

      1. 23.Interpretation

      2. 24.Countries or territories in which armed forces marriage between civil partners may take place

      3. 25.Armed forces change of civil partnership into marriage

      4. 26.Armed forces declaration

      5. 27.Armed forces change procedure

      6. 28.Duty to register civil partnerships changed into marriages

  7. PART 6

    1. 29.Consequential modifications

  8. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      MEANING OF MARRIAGE AND RELATED EXPRESSIONS: SCOTLAND

      1. PART 1

        1. 1.Meaning of marriage and related expressions: Scotland

      2. PART 2 GENERAL INTERPRETATION

        1. 2.Interpretation: existing Scottish legislation

        2. 3.Interpretation: new Scottish legislation

        3. 4.Definitions

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      CONTRARY PROVISION

      1. PART 1 CONTRARY PROVISION (GENERAL)

        1. 1.Contrary provision: general

        2. 2.Contrary provision: EU instruments

        3. 3.Contrary provision: private Acts

      2. PART 2 DISAPPLICATION OF SCHEDULE 1 IN RESPECT OF ROYAL TITLES AND PEERAGES

        1. 4.Provision disapplying the effect of Schedule 1 etc. in respect of the common law

      3. PART 3 ENACTMENTS ETC. (GENERAL)

        1. 5.Provision to which Schedule 1 is subject

        2. 6.Provision disapplying the effect of Schedule 1 in respect of enactments

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      CONSEQUENTIAL MODIFICATIONS TO ENACTMENTS ETC. AS A RESULT OF CONTRARY PROVISION MADE BY SCHEDULE 2

      1. ENACTMENTS ETC. (GENERAL)

        1. 1.Pensions (Increase) Act 1971

        2. 2.Pensions Increase (Review) Orders 1979 to 1990

        3. 3.Occupational Pension Schemes (Contracting-out) Regulations 1996

        4. 4.Occupational Pension Schemes (Modification of Schemes) Regulations 2006

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      CONSEQUENTIAL MODIFICATION OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY PENSIONS ACT 1975 AND THE SOCIAL SECURITY CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS ACT 1992

      1. 1.Social Security Pensions Act 1975

      2. 2.Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992

    5. SCHEDULE 5

      CONSEQUENTIAL MODIFICATIONS TO PRIMARY LEGISLATION

      1. 1.Pensions Commutation Act 1871

      2. 2.Local Government (Emergency Provisions) Act 1916

      3. 3.Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests) Act 1951

      4. 4.Transport Act 1962

      5. 5.National Insurance Act 1965

      6. 6.Transport Act 1978

      7. 7.Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) Act 1979

      8. 8.Child Support Act 1991

      9. 9.Social Security Administration Act 1992

      10. 10.Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992

      11. 11.Pension Schemes Act 1993

      12. 12.Jobseekers Act 1995

      13. 13.Pensions Act 1995

      14. 14.State Pension Credit Act 2002

      15. 15.Gender Recognition Act 2004

      16. 16.Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Act 2004

      17. 17.Welfare Reform Act 2007

      18. 18.Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008

      19. 19.Equality Act 2010

      20. 20.Welfare Reform Act 2012

      21. 21.Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013

    6. SCHEDULE 6

      CONSEQUENTIAL MODIFICATIONS TO SECONDARY LEGISLATION

      1. 1.Merchant Shipping (Maintenance of Seaman’s Dependants) Regulations 1972

      2. 2.Social Security Benefit (Dependency) Regulations 1977

      3. 3.Social Security (Graduated Retirement Benefit) (No. 2) Regulations 1978

      4. 4.Merchant Shipping (Returns of Births and Deaths) Regulations 1979

      5. 5.Income Support (General) Regulations 1987

      6. 6.Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987

      7. 7.Judicial Pensions (Preservation of Benefits) Order 1988

      8. 8.Judicial Pensions (Requisite Benefits) Order 1988

      9. 9.Child Support (Maintenance Assessments and Special Cases) Regulations 1992

      10. 10.Child Support (Collection and Enforcement) Regulations 1992

      11. 11.Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996

      12. 12.Occupational Pension Schemes (Contracting-out) Regulations 1996

      13. 13.Contracting-out (Transfer and Transfer Payment) Regulations 1996

      14. 14.Social Security Benefit (Computation of Earnings) Regulations 1996

      15. 15.Social Security (Child Maintenance Bonus) Regulations 1996

      16. 16.Occupational Pension Schemes (Discharge of Liability) Regulations 1997

      17. 17.Working Time Regulations 1998

      18. 18.Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 1999

      19. 19.Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2000

      20. 20.Child Support (Maintenance Calculations and Special Cases) Regulations 2001

      21. 21.Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 2001

      22. 22.Open-Ended Investment Companies Regulations 2001

      23. 23.State Pension Credit Regulations 2002

      24. 24.Pension Protection Fund (Compensation) Regulations 2005

      25. 25.Financial Assistance Scheme Regulations 2005

      26. 26.Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Regulations 2005

      27. 27.Housing Benefit Regulations 2006

      28. 28.Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006

      29. 29.Pension Protection Fund (General and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2006

      30. 30.Naval, Military and Air Forces Etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions Order 2006

      31. 31.Occupational Pension Schemes (Modification of Schemes) Regulations 2006

      32. 32.Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008

      33. 33.Reserve Forces Non Regular Permanent Staff (Pension and Attributable Benefits Schemes) Regulations 2011

      34. 34.Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2013

      35. 35.Pensions Increase (Review) Orders 1991 to 2009 and 2011 to 2013

  9. Explanatory Note

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