Article 5 Amendments to the Family Procedure Rules 2010

In rule 7.11 (nullity: interim and full gender recognition certificates)^f1—

(a)

in paragraph (1)—

(i)

in sub-paragraph (a)—

(aa)

for “section 12(g)” substitute “section 12(1)(g)”; and

(bb)

omit “or” the second time it occurs;

(ii)

after sub-paragraph (a), insert—

“(aa)
nullity of marriage under section 12A(3) of the 1973 Act in a case where section 12(1)(g) of the 1973 Act applies; or”;

(b)

in paragraph (4), for sub-paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a)
the application is for—

(i)
a decree of nullity of marriage under section 12(1)(h) of the 1973 Act;

(ii)
a decree of nullity of marriage under section 12A(3) of the 1973 Act in a case where section 12(1)(h) of the 1973 Act applies ; or

(iii)
an order of nullity of civil partnership under section 50(1)(e) of the 2004 Act; and”; and

(c)

after paragraph (4), insert—

“(In relation to paragraphs (1)(aa), (3)(a) and (4)(a)(ii), section 9(6) of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013^f2 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.)”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Rule 7.11 was amended by S.I. 2014/524.
f2: 2013 c.30.