Appointed day2.
The appointed day on which the following sections of the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 come into force is 21st May 2014—
(a)
section 7 (reset: abolition of defence);
(b)
section 19 (marriage outside Scotland: evidence of dissolution of former civil partnership);
(c)
section 20 (religious marriages: solemnisation by Church of Scotland deacons);
(d)
section 22 (second marriage ceremony: form of endorsement);
(e)
section 23 (sheriff court jurisdiction in relation to declarator of marriage);
(f)
section 27 (dissolution of civil partnership: evidence);
(g)
section 32 (provision of certain information to district registrars).