The Marriage and Civil Partnership (Northern Ireland) (No. 2) Regulations 2020

Conversion declaration

23.  In this Part “the conversion declaration”, in relation to a conversion under this Part, means a document containing—

(a) the following details for each of the parties—

(i) forenames;

(ii) surname;

(iii) nationality;

(iv) date of birth;

(v) sex;

(vi) address;

(b) the date and place of the solemnisation of the marriage;

(c) a statement by each party to the effect that the party has had, for the period of 28 days ending on the day the conversion declaration is signed, their usual residence within the consular district of the registration officer;

(d) a declaration by each party in the following terms: “I solemnly and sincerely declare that we are married to each other and I know of no legal reason why we may not convert our marriage into a civil partnership. I understand that on signing this document we will be converting our marriage into a civil partnership and you will thereby become my lawful civil partner”; and

(e) a declaration by each party that the party believes all the information and evidence given for the purposes of the conversion declaration is true.