
1 
This Order may be cited as the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2014 and comes into force on 21st May 2014.
2 
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).
ALEX NEIL
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
1st May 2014