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1.—(1) The Civil Partnership (Registration Provisions) Regulations 2005(1) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 15 (access to civil partnership records), before paragraph (6), insert—
“(5A) Where a civil partnership is converted into a marriage under section 9 of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013, no certified copy or certified extract of the entry relating to it in the civil partnership register may be issued unless it is annotated in accordance with regulations made under that section.”
2.—(1) The Civil Partnership (Registration Abroad and Certificates) Order 2005(2) is amended as follows.
(2) In article 14 (transmission of documents to UK), before paragraph (4), insert—
“(3A) Where a civil partnership is converted into a marriage under section 9 of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013, no certified copy of a civil partnership document received by him under paragraph (1) may be issued by the Registrar General for England and Wales unless it is annotated in accordance with regulations made under that section.”.
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