(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations prescribe the forms and particulars which are required to be prescribed for Scotland under the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (regulations 3 to 7 and 10 and Schedules 1 to 4).
They also prescribe the manner in which and means by which the names of intended civil partners and date on which the district registrar intends to register their partnership are to be publicised by the district registrar (regulation 8).
Regulation 9 and Schedule 5 prescribe the errors which a district registrar may, in addition to clerical errors, correct in an entry in the register of civil partnerships.
A full Regulatory Impact Assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no cost on business.