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These Regulations amend the Marriage of Same Sex Couples (Conversion of Civil Partnership) Regulations 2014 (“the 2014 Regulations”) and the Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Fees) Regulations 2016 (“the 2016 Regulations”).

• Regulation 2 amends the 2014 Regulations, which establish the procedures for converting an England and Wales same-sex civil partnership (and certain other same-sex civil partnerships) into a marriage. These procedures include the signing of a conversion declaration and the registration of details in the conversion register. Regulation 2(2) and (3)(a) to (d) and (f) makes changes to the information that must be provided by the parties and recorded by the superintendent registrar on the conversion declaration. Regulation 2(4) to (6) makes consequential amendments. Regulation 3 is a related transitional provision. Its effect is that where the parties have already complied, before 4th May 2021, with the requirements in force at that time to provide information to a superintendent registrar, they do not need to have complied with the amended information requirements before being able to convert their civil partnership to a marriage.

  
  

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Published: 15/04/2021