2SIn section 86 (eligibility to register in Scotland as civil partners)—
(a)in subsection (2), for “subsections (3) and (4)” there shall be substituted “ subsection (3) ”; and
(b)for subsections (4) and (5) there shall be substituted—
“(4)Paragraph 2 of Schedule 10 has effect subject to the modifications specified in subsection (5) in the case of a person (here the “relevant person”) whose gender has become the acquired gender under the Gender Recognition Act 2004 (c. 7).
(5)The reference in that paragraph to—
(a)a former wife of the relevant person includes any former husband of the relevant person, and
(b)a former husband of the relevant person includes any former wife of the relevant person.”.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 1 para. 2 in force at 4.5.2006 by S.S.I. 2006/212, art. 2