The Family Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2015

Amendments to the Family Procedure Rules 2010

5.  In rule 7.11 (nullity: interim and full gender recognition certificates)(1)—

(a) in paragraph (1)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (a)—

(aa) for “section 12(g)” substitute “section 12(1)(g)”; and

(bb) omit “or” the second time it occurs;

(ii) after sub-paragraph (a), insert—

“(aa) nullity of marriage under section 12A(3) of the 1973 Act in a case where section 12(1)(g) of the 1973 Act applies; or”;

(b) in paragraph (4), for sub-paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a) the application is for—

(i) a decree of nullity of marriage under section 12(1)(h) of the 1973 Act;

(ii) a decree of nullity of marriage under section 12A(3) of the 1973 Act in a case where section 12(1)(h) of the 1973 Act applies ; or

(iii) an order of nullity of civil partnership under section 50(1)(e) of the 2004 Act; and”; and

(c) after paragraph (4), insert—

“(In relation to paragraphs (1)(aa), (3)(a) and (4)(a)(ii), section 9(6) of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013(2) provides that where a civil partnership is converted into a marriage, the civil partnership ends on the conversion, and the resulting marriage is to be treated as having subsisted since the date the civil partnership was formed.)”.

(1)

Rule 7.11 was amended by S.I. 2014/524.

(2)

2013 c.30.