Introductory Text
Minimum age for marriage
1. Minimum age for marriage.
Forbidden degrees
2. Marriage of related persons.
Preliminaries to regular marriage
3. Notice of intention to marry.
3A.Additional information if party not relevant national
3B.Additional evidence if party not relevant national
3C.Declaration to accompany information and evidence
3D.Rejection of false information or evidence
3E.Marriage notice: treated as not given
3F.Referral of proposed marriage to Secretary of State
4. Marriage notice book and list of intended marriages.
5. Objections to marriage.
6. The Marriage Schedule.
6A.Marriage notice: false information or evidence
7. Marriage outside Scotland where a party resides in Scotland.
Persons who may solemnise marriage
8. Persons who may solemnise marriage.
Religious or belief marriages
9. Registration of nominated persons as celebrants.
10. Removal of celebrant’s name from register.
11. Alterations to register maintained under s. 9.
12. Temporary authorisation of celebrants.
13. Preliminaries to solemnisation of marriages by approved celebrants .
14. Form of ceremony to be used by approved celebrant.
15. Registration of religious or belief marriages .
16. Registrar’s power to require delivery of Marriage Schedule.
Civil marriages
17. Appointment of authorised registrars.
18. Places at which civil marriages may be solemnised.
18A. Approved places
19. Marriage ceremony and registration of marriage.
20. Second marriage ceremony.
Void marriages
20A.Grounds on which marriage void
Irregular marriages
21. Registration of irregular marriages.
General
22. Interpreters at marriage ceremony.
23. Cancellation of entry in register of marriages.
23A. Validity of registered marriage.
24. Offences.
24A.Form, and manner of attestation, of documents
25. Regulations.
26. Interpretation.
27. Transitional and saving provisions.
28. Consequential amendments and repeals.
29. Short title, commencement and extent.
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE1A
Modifications if proposed marriage referred under section 3F
1.Introduction
2.No Marriage Schedule to be completed until decision about investigation etc.
3.Marriage to be investigated: extension of 28 day period to 70 days
4.Effect of reducing statutory period
SCHEDULE 1
DEGREES OF RELATIONSHIP
SCHEDULE 2
Consequential Amendments of Other Enactments
The Foreign Marriage Act 1892 (c. 23)
1.. . . . . . . . . ....
The Marriage with Foreigners Act 1906 (c. 40)
2.In section 1(1) (British subject giving notice of intended foreign...
3.In section 2(1) (provision for regulations in relation to foreigners...
The Marriage Act 1949 (c. 76)
4.In section 37(1) (one party resident in Scotland)—
The Marriage (Scotland) Act 1956 (c. 70)
5.In section 1 (notice of marriage intended to be solemnised...
The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965 (c. 49)
6.In section 11 (general provision as to fees)—
7.In section 12 (fees to be accounted for), at the...
8.In section 32(1) (provision of registers etc. by Registrar General),...
9.In section 52 (sending of documents by post), after the...
SCHEDULE 3
Repeals