Key documents and abbreviations

OneSpirit:

• MSR Governance Framework: Scotland v1.3 (September 2026), including Annex A, Legal Wording in Wedding Ceremonies – Scotland MSR Governance Framework_ Scotland v1.3.pdf
• Guidelines for Nomination to the Scottish Marriage and Civil Partnership Registers, v3 (September 2026) Nominator guidelines Scotland v3 September 2026.pdf
• OneSpirit Code of Ethics: https://www.interfaithfoundation.org/code-of-ethics/
• What We Stand On, OneSpirit’s Statement of Belief: https://www.interfaithfoundation.org/interfaith-statement-of-belief/
• ROSIM Complaints Procedure ROSIM complaints process 2019.pdf
• Marriage celebrant and witness details form (OneSpirit): https://www.interfaithfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/marriage-celebrant-and-witness-details-form.pdf

NRS policy and guidance

• Registering a marriage or civil partnership (key details, fees, forms and documents): https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/registration/registering-a-marriage-or-civil-partnership/
• What your ceremony must include: https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/registration/what-your-ceremony-must-include/
• Change your civil partnership into a marriage: https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/registration/change-your-civil-partnership-into-a-marriage/
• Find a registrar, by council area: https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/registration/making-arrangements-for-a-marriage-or-civil-partnership/
• Marriage Celebrants: NRS Policy on Authorisation (September 2025): https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/publications/marriage-celebrants-nrs-policy-on-authorisation
• Civil Partnership Celebrants: NRS Policy on Authorisation: https://nrscotland.gov.uk/publications/civil-partnership-celebrants-nrs-policy-on-authorisation

Forms

• M10 marriage notice form and guidance notes: https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/media/1tnbox3r/m10-marriage-notice-form-24_april_2023.pdf
• CP10 civil partnership notice form and guidance notes: https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/media/sazd4tbq/cp10-civil-partnership-notice-form.pdf Each member of the couple completes one of these to give notice of their marriage or civil partnership in Scotland.
• Marriage Schedule / Civil Partnership Schedule: the document the registrar prepares ahead of the ceremony, which must be in the room before the ceremony starts for it to be legal.
• Guidance for non-UK nationals: https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/registration/registering-a-marriage-or-civil-partnership/?section=if-you-re-a-non-uk-national
• Declaration of immigration status by non-UK nationals: https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/media/dvmfalk5/declaration-of-status-by-non-uk-nationals-form.pdf
• Passports for newly-weds and civil partners (form PD2): https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/passports-for-newly-weds-and-civil-partners As an authorised celebrant you can support a couple’s application to change the name on a passport, post-dated to the date of the marriage.

Legislation

• Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1977/15/contents
• Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2014/5/contents
• Civil Partnership Act 2004: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/33/contents
• Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2020: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2020/15/contents

Abbreviations

NRS: National Records of Scotland.

CRS: NRS Combined Registration Services, where applications go.

ROSIM: Register of OneSpirit Interfaith Ministers.

MSR: Marriage Solemniser Register, OneSpirit’s governance workstream for this area.

CPD: continuing professional development.

M10 / CP10: the notice forms for marriage and civil partnership.

Section 9 / section 12: registered (three-year) and temporary (per-ceremony) authorisation for marriage under the 1977 Act; sections 94B and 94E are the equivalents for civil partnership under the 2004 Act.