# The Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019, Regulation 24: Ordinary applications: evidence about civil partnership


(1) Section 3 is amended as follows.
(2) After subsection (6A) insert—
“(6AA) If the applicant is a civil partner, an application under section 1(1) must include a statutory declaration as to whether the civil partnership is a civil partnership under the law of England and Wales, of Scotland, or of Northern Ireland, or is an overseas relationship that is treated as a civil partnership by virtue of Chapter 2 of Part 5 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004.”.
(3) In subsection (6B)—
(a) in the words before paragraph (a)—
(i) after “married” insert “or a civil partner”;
(ii) after “the marriage” insert “or civil partnership”;
(iii) after “protected marriage” insert “or a protected civil partnership”;
(b) in paragraph (a)—
(i) after “spouse”, where it first occurs, insert “or civil partner”;
(ii) after “spouse”, in both remaining places it occurs, insert “or partner”;
(iii) after “marriage” insert “or partnership”;
(c) in paragraph (b), after “spouse” insert “or civil partner”.
(4) In subsection (6C)—
(a) after “spouse”, where it first occurs, insert “or civil partner”;
(b) after “spouse”, in the remaining place it occurs, insert “or partner”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2019/9780111190784/regulation/24 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-civil-partnership-opposite-sex-couples-regulations-2019/regulation-24
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