(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order bring into force sections 4(8) to (10), 9, 10, 11(5) and (6), 17, 18(2)(a), 21, 25, 28, 30 and 33 of the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 (“the 2014 Act”).
It also brings into force sections 6, 12(2)(a) and (b), 13(2)(e), 14(2), 24(13) and (15) and 29 of and paragraph 1(4) of schedule 1 and paragraphs 7, 9(2)(b), 15 and 17 of schedule 2 to the 2014 Act only for purposes set out in column 3 of the Schedule to the Order.
The appointed day in article 2 for all of these provisions to come into force is 1st September 2014.
Article 3 makes saving provisions about existing regulations and in relation to the common law offence of bigamy.
The Bill for the 2014 Act received Royal Assent on 12th March 2014. Sections 34 to 37 of the 2014 Act came into force on the day after Royal Assent.