PART 1

INTRODUCTION

Citation and commencement
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This Order may be cited as the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 and Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2014.
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This Order comes into force on 16th December 2014.

Interpretation
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In this Order—
- “the 1977 Act” means the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977 ;
- “the 1992 Act” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 ;
- “the 2004 Act” means the Gender Recognition Act 2004 ;
- “the 2006 Act” means the Armed Forces Act 2006 ;
- “the 2013 Act” means the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 ;
- “the 2014 Act” means the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 .

Extent
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Articles 1 to 3, 7, 29, paragraph 15(7) and paragraph 16 of Schedule 5 extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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Articles 12 to 28, paragraph 2(7) of Schedule 4 and paragraphs 15(1), (2), (3), (4) and 19 of Schedule 5 extend to England and Wales and Scotland only (but see regulation 43(1) of the Marriage (Same-sex Couples) and Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2019).
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Paragraph 15(6) of Schedule 5 extends to England and Wales only.
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Articles 4, 5, 8 to 11, and Schedule 1, Schedule 2, Schedule 3, Schedule 4 (except as specified in paragraph (2) of this article), Schedule 5 (except as specified in paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) of this article) and Schedule 6 extend to Scotland only.
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Article 6 extends to Northern Ireland only.
1977 c.15.
1992 c.4.
2004 c.7.
2006 c.52.
2013 c.30.
2014 asp 5.
Art. 1 in force at 16.12.2014, see art. 1(2)
Art. 2 in force at 16.12.2014, see art. 1(2)
Art. 3 in force at 16.12.2014, see art. 1(2)
Words in art. 3(2) inserted (13.1.2020) by The Marriage (Same-sex Couples) and Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1514), regs. 1(2), 52 (with regs. 6-9)