Amendment of the Marriage Between Civil Partners (Procedure for Change and Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 2014
2.—(1) The Marriage Between Civil Partners (Procedure for Change and Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 2014(1) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 3 (procedure to change a civil partnership into marriage)—
(a)at the end of paragraph (3)(a)(ii) omit “and”,
(b)for paragraph (3)(b) substitute—
“(b)enter the information from section 1 and sections 4 to 10 of the application form in the marriage register, and
(c)enter in the marriage register as the date and place of the marriage the date on, and the place at, which the district registrar signs section 14 of the application form in accordance with sub-paragraph (a).
(4) Paragraph (3)(c) is without prejudice to section 11(2)(b) of the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 (effect of marriage between civil partners in a qualifying civil partnership).”.
(3) For regulation 5 (fee in respect of making an application) substitute—
“5. The fee payable in respect of making an application under regulation 3(1) is £45.00.”.
(4) Regulation 6 (applications for which no fee payable) and regulation 8 (modification of the Gender Recognition Act 2004) are revoked.
(5) In regulation 7(3) (modification of the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977), in subsection (1) of the substituted version of section 20A of the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977, for “, (3) or (4)” substitute “or (3)”.
(6) For the form set out in the schedule (application form to change a civil partnership into a marriage) substitute the form set out in the schedule of these Regulations.