2 Marriage of related persons
Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977 (1977 c 15) | Legislation

Forbidden Degrees

2  Marriage of related persons

[(1)     Subject to subsection (1A), a marriage between persons who are related to each other in a forbidden degree is void if solemnised—

(a)     in Scotland; or

(b)     at a time when either party is domiciled in Scotland.

(1ZA)     For the purposes of subsection (1), a person is related to another person in a forbidden degree if related to that person in a degree specified in Schedule 1.]

[(1A)     [A person who is related to another person in a degree specified in paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 (relationships by affinity) is not related to that person in a forbidden degree] if—

(a)     both parties have attained the age of 21 at the time of the marriage; and

(b)     the younger party has not at any time before attaining the age of 18 lived in the same household as the other party and been treated by the other

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