{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/enrolment-of-deeds-change-of-name-amendment-regulations-2005/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/enrolment-of-deeds-change-of-name-amendment-regulations-2005/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/2056",
  "legislation_title": "The Enrolment of Deeds (Change of Name) (Amendment) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/enrolment-of-deeds-change-of-name-amendment-regulations-2005",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The Enrolment of Deeds (Change of Name) Regulations 1994 are amended as follows.\n(2) In regulation 2(4), for “or divorced”, substitute “divorced, a civil partner or former civil partner and, if a former civil partner, whether the civil partnership ended on death or dissolution”.\n(3) In regulation 3(2) –\n(a) after “married”, insert “or a civil partner”;\n(b) after “certificate of marriage”, insert “or civil partnership certificate”;\n(c) after “spouse”, in both places, insert “or civil partner”;\n(d) after “spouse's”, insert “or civil partner's”.\n(4) In regulation 8(2), for “, is female and is married”, substitute “and is or has been married or a civil partner”.\n(5) In regulation 8(5)(a), for “an affidavit”, substitute “a witness statement”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1994/604, to which there is an amendment not relevant to these Regulations."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2056/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:54:54.071778+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}