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

Amendment of the Marriage (Authorised Persons) Regulations 1952

5.—(1) The Marriage (Authorised Persons) Regulations 1952(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 17 (condition)—

(a) in paragraph (a), for the words “, he shall enter the word “Bachelor” or “Spinster”, as the case may be” substitute “or formed a civil partnership, he shall enter the word “Single,”^¸”

(b) after paragraph (a) insert—

“(ab) in the case of a party whose previous civil partnership was terminated by the death of the civil partner, he shall enter the words “Surviving civil partner”;”;

(c) after paragraph (b) insert—

“(ba) in the case of a party whose previous civil partnership was annulled on the ground that the civil partnership was voidable, he shall enter the words “Previous civil partnership annulled”;”;

(d) after paragraph (c) insert—

“(ca) in the case of a party whose previous civil partnership was terminated by dissolution, he shall enter the words “Previous civil partnership dissolved”;”;

(e) after paragraph (d) insert—

“(da) in the case of a marriage 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 have been void, and of whom neither has since formed a civil partnership with, or married, a third person, then notwithstanding sub-paragraphs (ba) and (ca), 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 …” together with 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 …”, together with the particulars of the place and date of the previous civil partnership and the date of its annulment.”.

(1)

S.I. 1952/1869 as amended by S.I. 1965/528, S.I. 1971/1216, S.I .1974/573, S.I. 1986/1444 and S.I. 2000/3164.