Citation and Commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Partnership, Marriage Between Persons of Different Sexes and Same Sex Marriage (Prescribed Bodies) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2016 and come into force on 14th February 2017.
Amendment of the Civil Partnership (Prescribed Bodies) (Scotland) Regulations 2014
2. In the schedule of the Civil Partnership (Prescribed Bodies) (Scotland) Regulations 2014(1) before the entry relating to the Scottish Unitarian Association insert—
“Humanist Society Scotland”.
Amendment of the Marriage Between Persons of Different Sexes (Prescribed Bodies) (Scotland) Regulations 2014
3.—(1) The Marriage Between Persons of Different Sexes (Prescribed Bodies) (Scotland) Regulations 2014(2) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2 before “8(1)(a)(ii)” insert “section”.
(3) In the schedule after the entry relating to the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland insert—
“Humanist Society Scotland”.
Amendment of the Same Sex Marriage (Prescribed Bodies) (Scotland) Regulations 2014
4. In the schedule of the Same Sex Marriage (Prescribed Bodies) (Scotland) Regulations 2014(3) before the entry relating to the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) insert—
“Humanist Society Scotland”.
ANGELA CONSTANCE
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
15th December 2016