Regulation 2 InterpretationI1

In these Regulations—

• “2004 Act” means the Gender Recognition Act 2004;

• “2013 Act” means the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013^f1;

• “approved premises” means premises approved for the solemnization of marriages under section 46A of the Marriage Act 1949^f2;

• “civil partnership register entry” in relation to one or both parties to a qualifying civil partnership^f3, means, as applicable—

  1. (i)

     an entry of which a certified, or other copy is kept by the Registrar General;

  2. (ii)

     an entry in a register so kept;

  containing a record of the parties’ civil partnership or, if there is more than one civil partnership, the most recent, but does not include any entry in the Gender Recognition Civil Partnership Register;

• F1“civil partnership registrar” has the same meaning as in section 29 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004;

• “conversion of a civil partnership” means the conversion of a civil partnership into a marriage under section 9 of the 2013 Act and regulations made under that section;

• “marriage register entry” in relation to one or both parties to a qualifying marriage^f4, means, as applicable—

  1. (i)

     an entry of which a certified, or other copy is kept by the Registrar General; or

  2. (ii)

     an entry in a register so kept;

  containing a record of the parties’ marriage, whether resulting from the conversion of a civil partnership or not (or, if there is more than one marriage, the most recent), but does not include any entry in the Gender Recognition Marriage Register;

• “qualifying marriage” includes a marriage resulting from the conversion of a civil partnership;

• “religious premises” means premises which—

  1. (i)

     are used solely or mainly for religious purposes; or

  2. (ii)

     have been so used and have not subsequently been used solely or mainly for other purposes;

• “register office” has the same meaning as in section 10 of the Registration Service Act 1953^f5;

• “superintendent registrar” has the same meaning as in section 6 of the Registration Service Act 1953^f6;

• “Gender Recognition Marriage Register” means the register maintained under regulation 3(1)(a);

• “Gender Recognition Civil Partnership Register” means the register maintained under regulation 3(1)(b);

• “GR registers” means the two registers maintained under regulation 3(1).