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Registration Of Births, Deaths, Marriages,etc.
Made
4th March 2010
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
5th March 2010
Coming into force
1st April 2010
The Registrar General makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 3(1) and 19(2) of the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977(1) and sections 88(2) and 95(4) of the Civil Partnership Act 2004(2) and all other powers enabling him to do so.
The Scottish Ministers(3) have approved the making of these Regulations in accordance with section 25(1) of the 1977 Act and section 126(3) of the 2004 Act.
1977 c.15 (“the 1977 Act”); section 3(1) was amended by the Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Act 1986 (c.16), Schedule 2, paragraph 3; section 26 contains a definition of “prescribed” relevant to the statutory powers under which these Regulations are made.
2004 c.33; section 126(1) contains a definition of “prescribed” and section 135 contains a definition of “Registrar General” relevant to the statutory powers under which these Regulations are made. Section 88(2) was substituted by the Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 14).
The functions of the Secretary of State under the 1977 Act were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46).
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