The Forced Marriage etc. (Protection and Jurisdiction) (Scotland) Act 2011 (Application to Civil Partnerships and Consequential Provision) Order 2023
Part 1 of the Forced Marriage etc. (Protection and Jurisdiction) (Scotland) Act 2011 (“the 2011 Act”) provides for a form of order known as a “forced marriage protection order”, and related orders, that can be made by a Scottish court in order either to protect a person from being forced into a marriage, or to protect a person who has been forced into a marriage. Section 10(1) of the 2011 Act confers a power on the Scottish Ministers to make provision applying Part 1 of the Act to civil partnerships as it applies to marriages. Article 2 of this Order makes such provision.