Explanatory Notes

Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014

2014 asp 5

12 March 2014

Schedules

Schedule 2: Change of gender of married persons or civil partners

Part 1 – Applications by married persons and civil partners

Continuity of civil partnership

293.Paragraph 11 inserts a new section 11D into the Gender Recognition Act. Section 11D provides that the continuity of a protected Scottish civil partnership is not affected by the issuing of full gender recognition certificates to both of the parties to the civil partnership under section 4(3C)(b) of that Act.