# The Gender Recognition Register (Marriage and Civil Partnership) Regulations 2015, Regulation 7: Qualifying marriages resulting from conversion of civil partnership

Extent: E+W

(1) Where the qualifying marriage to be registered in the Gender Recognition Marriage Register results from the conversion of a civil partnership, the marriage is to be registered by entering the particulars required for registration of a marriage on the applicable date under the Marriage Act 1949, as if it had been solemnized in the presence of a superintendent registrar—
(a) in a register office; or
(b) if the civil partnership was formed on approved premises that are not religious premises, on those approved premises;
on the date on which the civil partnership was formed.
(2) Where paragraph (1) applies—
(a) the particulars to be registered in the Gender Recognition Marriage Register are those applicable on the date on which the civil partnership was formed (but see regulation 6(2)); and
(b) the witnesses to the parties’ civil partnership are to be registered in the Gender Recognition Marriage Register as witnesses to the qualifying marriage.
(3) This regulation is subject to regulation 8(1).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/50/regulation/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/gender-recognition-register-marriage-and-civil-partnership-regulations-2015/regulation-7
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