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The Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 4 and Savings Provisions) Order 2015

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3.—(1) Despite the amendments made by section 18(2)(b) and (4) of the 2014 Act, sections 6(4)(a) and 19(1) of the 1977 Act continue to have effect for all purposes on and after 1st March 2015 as they had effect immediately before that date, where each of the parties to a marriage intended to be solemnised have submitted to the district registrar a notice of intention to marry under section 3(1) of the 1977 Act(1) before 1st March 2015.

(2) Despite the amendments made by section 24(7)(b), (8)(b)(ii) and (12)(b)(i) of the 2014 Act, sections 90(2)(b), 91(1) and 94(1)(b) of the 2004 Act(2) continue to have effect for all purposes on and after 1st March 2015 as they had effect immediately before that date, where each of the intended civil partners has submitted to the district registrar a notice of intention to enter civil partnership under section 88(1) of the 2004 Act(3) before 1st March 2015.

(3) Despite the amendment made by section 18(3) of the 2014 Act, section 7(2) of the 1977 Act continues to have effect for all purposes on and after 1st March 2015 as it had effect immediately before that date, where a party to a marriage intended to be solemnised has submitted to the district registrar a notice of intention to marry under section 7(1) of the 1977 Act before 1st March 2015.

(4) Despite the amendment made by section 24(18)(a) of the 2014 Act, section 97(4) of the 2004 Act continues to have effect for all purposes on and after 1st March 2015 as it had effect immediately before that date, where the intended civil partner has submitted to the district registrar a notice of intention to enter civil partnership under section 88(1) of the 2004 Act before 1st March 2015.

(1)

Section 3(1) was amended by section 50(2)(a) of the Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 14) (“the 2006 Act”), paragraph 43(a) of Schedule 28(4) to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c.33), paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to the Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Act 1986 (c.16), and sections 3(2)(a) and 8(2) of the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 5) (“the 2014 Act”).

(2)

Section 91(1) was amended by section 24(8)(a) and (b)(i) and (iii) of the 2014 Act; section 94(1)(b) was amended by section 24(12)(a) and (b)(ii) of the 2014 Act.

(3)

Section 88(1) was amended by section 52(2)(a) of the 2006 Act.

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