The Marriage of Same Sex Couples (Conversion of Civil Partnership) Regulations 2014

Duty to register marriage resulting from conversion

18.—(1) As soon as practicable after the conversion declaration is signed, the superintendent registrar who has signed the conversion declaration in accordance with regulation 3(1)(b) must register the following details in the conversion register—

(a) the date and place of registration of the marriage (see paragraph (2));

(b) the date from which the marriage is to be treated as having subsisted by virtue of section 9(6) of the 2013 Act(1);

(c) the condition of each of the parties, which is to be registered as ‘civil partner’;

(d) the following details pertaining to each of the parties—

(i) forenames;

(ii) surname;

(iii) age;

(iv) rank or profession;

(v) address; and

(vi) subject to paragraph (3), father’s forenames, surname, and rank or profession.

(2) In paragraph (1)(a), the date and place of registration of the marriage means the date on, and place at which the conversion declaration is signed, whether or not the marriage was registered on that date and at that place.

(3) Paragraph (1)(d)(vi) must be completed as follows—

(a) if the father of either party is deceased, the superintendent registrar must enter the word “deceased” after the father’s surname;

(b) if either party wishes to record a step-father’s name instead of the father’s name, the superintendent registrar must enter the word “step-father” after the surname, provided he is or has been married to the mother.

(4) The parties to the conversion are entitled, once the marriage has been registered, to a certified copy of the entry relating to it in the conversion register on payment, to the superintendent registrar, of a fee of £4.00.

(5) A superintendent registrar must not register any marriage resulting from a conversion to which he or she is a party.

(1)

2013 c. 30. Section 9(6) provides that where a civil partnership is converted into a marriage under section 9, the resulting marriage is to be treated as having subsisted since the date the civil partnership was formed.