20. In section 5 of the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages Act (Special Provisions) Act 1957(1)—
(a)in subsection (1), in the words after paragraph (b) (but before the proviso), after “subsequent marriage” insert “or civil partnership”;
(b)in subsection (2), after “marriage”, in both places it occurs, insert “or formation of the civil partnership”;
(c)omit subsection (3)(b).
1957 c. 58. Section 5 was amended by the Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), Schedule 16, paragraph 42; the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008, Schedule 6, para 12; and S.I. 2014/560.