# The Family Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2015, Article 12: Amendments to the Family Procedure Rules 2010


In rule 29.6 (documents in proceedings concerning gender recognition)—
(a) in paragraph (1)—
(i) in sub-paragraph (a)—
(aa) for “section 12(g) or (h)” substitute “section 12(1)(g) or (h)”; and
(bb) omit “or” the third time it occurs; and
(ii) after sub-paragraph (a), insert—
“(aa) section 12A(3) of the 1973 Act in a case where section 12(1)(g) or (h) of the 1973 Act applies; or”; and
(b) after paragraph (2), insert—
“(In relation to paragraph (1)(aa), section 9(6) of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 provides that where a civil partnership is converted into a marriage, the civil partnership ends on the conversion, and the resulting marriage is to be treated as having subsisted since the date the civil partnership was formed.)”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/913/article/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-amendment-rules-2015/article-12
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