PART 1MARRIAGE
CHAPTER 2MARRIAGE BETWEEN CIVIL PARTNERS IN QUALIFYING CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS
10Change of qualifying civil partnership into marriage
1
The Scottish Ministers may by regulations make provision to establish a procedure for the parties to a qualifying civil partnership to change their civil partnership into a marriage.
2
Regulations under subsection (1) may in particular make provision—
a
about the making by the parties to a qualifying civil partnership of an application to change their civil partnership into a marriage,
b
about the information to be provided in support of an application,
c
about the provision of evidence in support of an application,
d
for persons who have made an application to appear before any person or appear at any place,
e
conferring functions on persons in relation to applications,
f
for fees, of such amounts as are specified in or determined in accordance with the regulations, to be payable in respect of—
i
the making of an application,
ii
the exercise of any function conferred by virtue of paragraph (e).
3
Functions conferred by virtue of subsection (2)(e) may include functions relating to—
a
the recording of information relating to qualifying civil partnerships changing into marriages,
b
the issuing of certified copies of any information recorded.
4
Before making regulations under subsection (1), the Scottish Ministers must consult the Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages for Scotland.
5
Regulations under subsection (1)—
a
may make different provision for different purposes,
b
may include consequential, supplementary, incidental, transitional, transitory or saving provision,
c
may modify any enactment (including this Act),
d
are (except where subsection (6) applies) subject to the negative procedure.
6
Regulations under subsection (1) which add to, replace or omit any part of the text of an Act are subject to the affirmative procedure.
7
In this section “qualifying civil partnership” has the meaning given by section 5(6) of the 1977 Act (inserted by section 8(3)(b) of this Act).