Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977
1. In section 2 of the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977(1) (marriage of related persons), after subsection (7) insert—
“(7A) This section and Schedule 1 to this Act have effect as if any reference in paragraphs 1 and 2 of that Schedule to a mother within any of the degrees of relationship specified in either column included a woman who is a parent of a child by virtue of section 42 or 43 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (c. 22).”.
1977 c. 15. Section 2 was amended by the Law Reform (Parent and Child) (Scotland) Act 1986 (c. 9), sections 9 and 10, Schedule 1, paragraph 17 and Schedule 2; the Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Act 1986 (c. 16), section 2, Schedule 2, paragraph 2; the Gender Recognition Act 2004 (c. 7), Schedule 4, paragraph 7; the Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 2), section 1(a) and S.S.I. 2006/384, article 4.