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Section 98 Application of certain provisions to civil partnershipsF1C1

Scotland

(1)

The following sections of the 1965 Act apply in relation to the civil partnership register as they apply in relation to the registers of births, marriages and deaths—

(a)

section 34 (examination and transmission of registers),

(b)

section 38(1) and (2) (search of indexes kept by Registrar General),

(c)

section 39C (provision of information to district registrars), and

(d)

section 44 (Register of Corrections Etc.).

(2)

Section 39A of the 1965 Act (notice of registration events to third parties) applies in relation to a civil partnership as it applies in relation to a marriage.

(3)

In that application, the reference in section 39A(2)(c) to the marriage having been registered in accordance with section 15 or 19 of the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977 (c. 15) is to be read as a reference to the particulars of the formation of the civil partnership having been entered in the civil partnership register under section 95(2) of this Act.

Annotations

Textual amendments

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S. 98 substituted (1.10.2006 for certain purposes and 1.1.2007 for further certain purposes and otherwise prosp.) by Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 14), ss. 52(6), 63(2); S.S.I. 2006/469, arts. 2, 3, Sch. 1, Sch. 2

Modifications

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S. 98 modified (24.3.2016) by The Gender Recognition (Marriage and Civil Partnership Registration) (Modification) (Scotland) Order 2016 (S.S.I. 2016/67), arts. 1, 4 (as amended (23.9.2022) by The Gender Recognition (Marriage and Civil Partnership Registration) (Modification) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/202), arts. 1, 2(2))