Amendment of the Forced Marriage etc. (Protection and Jurisdiction) (Scotland) Act 20112.
(1)
The Forced Marriage etc. (Protection and Jurisdiction) (Scotland) Act 2011 is amended as follows.
(2)
In section 1 (forced marriage protection orders)—
(a)
in subsections (1), (4) and (5), after “marriage” in each place where it occurs insert “or civil partnership”
,
(b)
in subsection (6), in the definition of “force”, in paragraph (b), after “marriage” in both places where it occurs insert “or civil partnership”
.
(3)
In section 2 (contents of orders), in subsections (2) and (4), after “marriage” in each place where it occurs insert “or civil partnership”
.
(4)
In section 11 (guidance), at the end of subsection (2) insert “or forced civil partnerships.”
.
(5)
In section 12 (other protection or assistance against forced marriage)—
(a)
in subsection (1), after “marriage” in each place where it occurs insert “or civil partnership”
,
(b)
in subsection (2)—
(i)
in paragraph (d)(i), after “1981 (c.59)” insert “or the Civil Partnership Act 2004”
,
(ii)
in paragraph (d)(ii), for “that Act” substitute “either of those Acts”
,
(iii)
omit “or” after paragraph (f),
(iv)
“, or
(h)
the law of civil partnership.”,
(c)
the section title becomes “Other protection or assistance against forced marriage or forced civil partnership”
.
(6)
In section 14 (interpretation of Part)—
(a)
““civil partnership” includes—
(a)
a civil partnership which exists by virtue of the Civil Partnership Act 2004, and
(b)
a purported civil partnership,”,
(b)
in the definition of “marriage”, after “religious” insert “, belief”
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