Paragraph 10 Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981

(1)

Section 5 of the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981^f1 (offences relating to money orders, share certificates, passports, etc) is amended as follows.

(2)

In subsection (5)(l), after “civil partnerships” insert “, conversions”.

(3)

After subsection (6) insert—

“(6A)
In subsection (5)(l) above, “conversion” means the conversion of a civil partnership into a marriage under section 9 of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 and regulations made under that section.”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1981 c. 45; section 5(5)(l) was amended by the Civil Partnership Act 2004, Schedule 27, paragraph 67. There are other amendments to section 5 not relevant to this Order.