Regulation 7 Qualifying marriages resulting from conversion of civil partnershipI1

England and Wales

(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 F1by entering the particulars required for registration of a marriage on the applicable date under the Marriage Act 1949^f1, 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).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in reg. 7(1) substituted (4.5.2021) by The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/411), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 68(3) (with Sch. 2)

Commencement

I1: Reg. 7 in force at 6.2.2015, see reg. 1

Footnotes

f1: 1949 c. 76. There are amendments to the section, not relevant here.