SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 5Change of gender of married persons or civil partners

PART 1Applications by married persons and civil partners

Registration

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Section 10 (registration): after subsection (1) insert—

1A

Where a full gender recognition certificate is issued to a person who is a party to—

a

a marriage under the law of England and Wales, or

b

a civil partnership under that law,

the Secretary of State must send a copy of the certificate to the Registrar General for England and Wales.

2

Schedule 3 (registration), Part 1 (England and Wales): at end insert—

Registration of marriages and civil partnerships

11A

1

The Registrar General may make regulations about—

a

the registration of qualifying marriages, and

b

the registration of qualifying civil partnerships.

2

The regulations may, in particular, provide for the maintenance of—

a

a separate register in relation to qualifying marriages, and

b

a separate register in relation to qualifying civil partnerships.

3

In this paragraph—

  • “qualifying civil partnership” means a civil partnership under the law of England and Wales in a case where a full gender recognition certificate has been issued to each of the civil partners;

  • “qualifying marriage” means a marriage under the law of England and Wales in a case where a full gender recognition certificate has been issued to one, or each, of the spouses.