
2014 No. 304
Marriage
The Marriage Between Persons of Different Sexes (Prescribed Bodies) (Scotland) Regulations 2014
Made 11th November 2014
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 13th November 2014
Coming into force 16th December 2014

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 8(1)(a)(ii) of the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

In accordance with section 8(1A)(a) of the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977 the bodies prescribed in regulation 2 have requested the Scottish Ministers to prescribe them.
Citation, commencement and revocation
1 

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Marriage Between Persons of Different Sexes (Prescribed Bodies) (Scotland) Regulations 2014 and come into force on 16th December 2014.
(2) The Marriage (Prescription of Religious Bodies) (Scotland) Regulations 1977 are revoked.
Prescribed bodies
2 
The bodies prescribed for the purposes of 8(1)(a)(ii) of the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977 are listed in the Schedule to these Regulations.
ALEX NEIL
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
11th November 2014
SCHEDULE
Regulation 2


 The Baptist Union of Scotland
 The Free Church of Scotland
 The Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland
 The Liberal Jewish Community in Scotland
 The Methodist Church
 The Orthodox Jewish Community in Scotland
 The Reform Jewish Community in Scotland
 The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
 The Roman Catholic Church
 The Salvation Army
 The Scottish Episcopal Church and other Churches of the Anglican Communion
 The Scottish Unitarian Association
 The Synod of Scotland of the United Reformed Church
 The United Free Church of Scotland
