Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (Consequential and Contrary Provisions and Scotland) and Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2014.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), this Order comes into force on 10th December 2014.
(3) The following provisions come into force on 16th December 2014—
(a)articles 4 and 5, and article 6 so far as it relates to those articles,
(b)so far as they extend to Scotland, the amendment to the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Special Provisions) Act 1957(1) at paragraph 4 of the Schedule and articles 2 and 6 so far as they relate to that amendment.
(4) In this Order “the Act” means the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013.