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Paragraph 2 I1

In section 86 (eligibility to register in Scotland as civil partners)—

(a)

in subsection (2), for “subsections (3) and (4)” there shall be substituted “ subsection (3) ”; and

(b)

for subsections (4) and (5) there shall be substituted—

“(4)

Paragraph 2 of Schedule 10 has effect subject to the modifications specified in subsection (5) in the case of a person (here the “relevant person”) whose gender has become the acquired gender under the Gender Recognition Act 2004 (c. 7).

(5)

The reference in that paragraph to—

(a)

a former wife of the relevant person includes any former husband of the relevant person, and

(b)

a former husband of the relevant person includes any former wife of the relevant person.”.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Sch. 1 para. 2 in force at 4.5.2006 by S.S.I. 2006/212, art. 2