Modification of the operation of section 98 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004I14
1
The operation of section 98 of the Civil Partnership Act 20048, in relation to qualifying Scottish civil partnerships registered under regulation 10 of the 2016 Regulations, is modified as follows.
2
The modifications made under—
a
article 3(2) and (4) to the operation of section 38 of the 1965 Act; and
b
article 3(3) to the operation of section 39C of that Act,
apply in relation to the civil partnership register as they apply in relation to the register of marriages.
3
The Registrar General must make traceable the connection between an existing civil partnership register entry and a corresponding new civil partnership register entry.
4
Information kept by the Registrar General for the purposes of paragraph (3) is not to be open to public inspection or search.
5
The Registrar General may disclose any such information only in accordance with paragraph (6).
6
Information is disclosed in accordance with this paragraph if disclosed—
a
under an order of the Court of Session or a sheriff; or
b
to a party to the qualifying Scottish civil partnership.
7
In this article—
“civil partnership register” means the register established under section 95 of the Civil Partnership Act 20049;
“existing civil partnership register entry” and “ new civil partnership register entry” have the same meaning as in regulation 2 of the 2016 Regulations;
“qualifying Scottish civil partnership” has the same meaning as in paragraph 20A(4) of Schedule 3 to the 2004 Act; and
“register of marriages” means the register of marriages provided by the Registrar General under section 32(1) of the 1965 Act.