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					<dc:description>These Regulations provide for the registration of marriages and civil partnerships in which one or both parties have obtained a full gender recognition certificate under the Gender Recognition Act 2004 (c.7). Changes made to the Gender Recognition Act 2004 by the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 5) enable couples to remain married when one or each of the parties obtains a full gender recognition certificate, and to remain in a civil partnership when both parties obtain a full gender recognition certificate.</dc:description>
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