Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014

Registration

9 (1) In section 10 (registration), before subsection (2) insert—

“(1B) Where a full gender recognition certificate is issued by a Gender Recognition Panel or the sheriff to a person who is a party to a protected Scottish marriage or a protected Scottish civil partnership, the Panel must send a copy of the certificate to the Registrar General for Scotland.”.

(2) In schedule 3 (registration), in Part 2 (Scotland)—

(a) in paragraph 19(1), before “5(2)” insert “4C, 4E, 4F,”, and

(b) after paragraph 20 insert—

“20A (1) The Registrar General may, with the approval of the Scottish Ministers, make regulations about—

(a) the registration of qualifying Scottish marriages, and

(b) the registration of qualifying Scottish civil partnerships.

(2) Regulations under sub-paragraph (1) may in particular make provision for fees to be payable in respect of things done under the regulations.

(3) Regulations under sub-paragraph (1) may make different provision for different cases or circumstances.

(4) In this paragraph—

• “qualifying Scottish civil partnership”means a civil partnership registered in Scotland in a case where a full gender recognition certificate has been issued to each of the civil partners,

• “qualifying Scottish marriage” means a marriage solemnised in Scotland in a case where a full gender recognition certificate has been issued to one, or each, of the spouses.”.