Gender Recognition Act 2004

[F1 33. (1) The Department of Finance in Northern Ireland may by regulations make provision about— N.I.

(a) the registration of qualifying marriages, and

(b) the registration of qualifying civil partnerships.

(2) Regulations under sub-paragraph (1) may, in particular, make provision for—

(a) the maintenance of—

(i) a separate register in relation to qualifying marriages, and

(ii) a separate register in relation to qualifying civil partnerships;

(b) fees to be payable in respect of things done under the regulations.

(3) Regulations under sub-paragraph (1) may make different provision for different cases or circumstances.

(4) In this paragraph—

• “qualifying civil partnership” means a civil partnership under the law of Northern Ireland in a case where a full gender recognition certificate has been issued to one, or each, of the civil partners;

• “qualifying marriage” means a marriage under the law of Northern Ireland in a case where a full gender recognition certificate has been issued to one, or each, of the spouses.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 3 para. 33 and cross-heading inserted (13.1.2020) by The Marriage (Same-sex Couples) and Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1514), regs. 1(2), 48 (with regs. 6-9)