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Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977

Write the words of this act the way you think they should read. Solon shows your change as a redline against the published text and pins it to that exact text, so it can never be applied to wording you did not see.

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As published

11 Alterations to register maintained under s. 9.

A body registered in pursuance of section 9(5)(a)(ii) of this Act shall notify the Registrar General of any of the following events (if practicable, within 21 days of its occurrence)— (a) any change in the name or the address of the body or any amalgamation with any other religious or belief body , giving the name and address of any approved celebrant who is a member of the body so registered; (b) the death of an approved celebrant who is a member of the body so registered; (c) any change of name, address or designation of an approved celebrant who is a member of the body so registered; (d) the cessation of an approved celebrant who is a member of the body so registered from exercising the functions of an approved celebrant, giving his name and address; and the Registrar General shall, on receipt of any such notification, make whatever alteration to the register maintained by him under section 9 of this Act as he considers necessary or desirable.

Your change, as a redline

11 Alterations to register maintained under s. 9.

A body registered in pursuance of section 9(5)(a)(ii) of this Act shall notify the Registrar General of any of the following events (if practicable, within 21 days of its occurrence)— (a) any change in the name or the address of the body or any amalgamation with any other religious or belief body , giving the name and address of any approved celebrant who is a member of the body so registered; (b) the death of an approved celebrant who is a member of the body so registered; (c) any change of name, address or designation of an approved celebrant who is a member of the body so registered; (d) the cessation of an approved celebrant who is a member of the body so registered from exercising the functions of an approved celebrant, giving his name and address; and the Registrar General shall, on receipt of any such notification, make whatever alteration to the register maintained by him under section 9 of this Act as he considers necessary or desirable.

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Who it helps, what it costs, what it fixes. It is what persuades people to support it.

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