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3.—(1) Where the parties to a qualifying civil partnership wish to change their civil partnership into a marriage, the parties must—
(a)make an application by completing sections 1 to 12 of the form set out in the Schedule to these Regulations (the “application form”); and
(b)appear before a district registrar in any registration district with the fee payable.
(2) The parties must provide the following information and evidence in support of the application—
(a)an extract from the entry in the civil partnership register relating to their civil partnership; and
(b)any evidence of their identity requested by the district registrar.
(3) Where an application is made under paragraph (1), the district registrar must, where satisfied with the information and evidence under paragraph (2)—
(a)in the presence of the parties to the qualifying civil partnership—
(i)witness the signing of section 13 of the application form by each party;
(ii)sign section 14 of the application form; F1...
[F2(b)enter the information from section 1 and sections 4 to 10 of the application form in the marriage register, and
(c)enter in the marriage register as the date and place of the marriage the date on, and the place at, which the district registrar signs section 14 of the application form in accordance with sub-paragraph (a).
(4) Paragraph (3)(c) is without prejudice to section 11(2)(b) of the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 (effect of marriage between civil partners in a qualifying civil partnership).]
Textual Amendments
F1Word in reg. 3(3)(a)(ii) omitted (24.4.2023) by virtue of The Marriage Between Civil Partners (Procedure for Change and Fees) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/55), regs. 1, 2(2)(a)
F2Reg. 3(3)(b)(c)(4) substituted for reg. 3(3)(b) (24.4.2023) by The Marriage Between Civil Partners (Procedure for Change and Fees) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/55), regs. 1, 2(2)(b)
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 3 in force at 16.12.2014, see reg. 1
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