The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Amendment) Regulations 2005

Amendment of the Registration of Marriages Regulations 1986

3.—(1) The Registration of Marriages Regulations 1986(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 11(2) (manner of registration)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (a), for the words “, he shall enter” to the end substitute “or formed a civil partnership, he shall enter the word “Single”;”;

(b) after sub-paragraph (b) insert—

“(ba) if a party’s previous civil partnership was terminated by death, he shall enter the words “Surviving civil partner”;”;

(c) after sub-paragraph (c) insert—

“(ca) if a party’s civil partnership was annulled on the grounds that the civil partnership was voidable, he shall enter the words “Previous civil partnership annulled”;”;

(d) after sub-paragraph (d) insert—

“(da) if a party’s previous civil partnership was terminated by dissolution, he shall enter the words “Previous civil partnership dissolved”;”;

(e) after sub-paragraph (e) insert—

“(ea) if the marriage is between two parties who have previously been through a form of civil partnership with each other (not being a civil partnership which is known to be void) and neither of them has since formed a civil partnership with, or married, a third party, then not withstanding sub-paragraphs (ca) and (da), if the parties specifically request and—

(i) if the previous civil partnership has been terminated by final order of dissolution, he shall enter the words, “Previously formed a civil partnership at … on … Civil partnership dissolved on …”, inserting particulars of the place and date of previous civil partnership and the date of dissolution, or

(ii) if the previous civil partnership was annulled, he shall enter the words, “Previously formed a civil partnership at . . . on . . …. Civil partnership annulled on . . .”, inserting the particulars of the place and date of the previous civil partnership and the date of its annulment.”.

(3) In Schedule 1 (prescribed forms)—

(a) in forms 1, 1A, 1B, 1C, 3, 9 and 11 for “ Marital status” substitute “Condition”;

(b) for form 8, substitute form 8 in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.

(1)

S.I. 1986/1442 as amended by S.I 1995/744, S.I. 1997/2204, S.I. 2000/3164 and S.I. 2005/155.