The Marriage of Same Sex Couples (Conversion of Civil Partnership) Regulations 2014

Information to be provided to Superintendent Registrar E+W

4.—(1) Before the parties to a civil partnership may convert their civil partnership into a marriage, the information in paragraphs (2) [F1 , (3) and (where relevant) (4B)] must be provided by the parties in accordance with regulations 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10 (as the case may be) and recorded by the superintendent registrar on the conversion declaration [F2 in accordance with this regulation (subject to paragraphs (4D) and (5))].

(2) Each party must provide the following details pertaining to that party—

(a) forenames;

(b) surname;

(c) date of birth;

(d) sex;

[F3 (e) current occupation or, if the party has no current occupation, former occupation (if any);]

(f) address; and

[F4 (g) subject to paragraphs (4) to (4D), each parent’s—

(i) forenames and surname, and

(ii) current occupation or, if the parent has no current occupation or has died, former occupation (if any).]

(3) The parties must jointly provide details of—

(a) the date and place of the formation of the parties’ civil partnership;

(b) the place at which it is proposed that the conversion declaration will be made.

[F5 (4) Paragraph (4A) applies where—

(a) a party wishes the conversion declaration to record details about one or more step-parents of that party (“the nominated step-parents”) in addition to or instead of details about any parent of that party (“the relevant parent”),

(b) the party provides the superintendent registrar with the details required by paragraph (4B),

(c) those details are provided together with instructions about whether the party wishes those details to be recorded in addition to or instead of details of the relevant parent, and

(d) the condition in paragraph (4C) is satisfied.

(4A) The superintendent registrar must—

(a) record on the conversion declaration the details provided under paragraph (4)(b) in respect of each of the nominated step-parents, in accordance with the instructions provided under paragraph (4)(c),

(b) record the word “step-parent” after the surname of each of the nominated step-parents on the conversion declaration,

(c) if informed that any of the nominated step-parents has died, record the word “deceased” after the word “step-parent” recorded after the step-parent’s name under sub-paragraph (b), and

(d) if provided with the former occupation of any of the nominated step-parents and informed that the step-parent has or had retired from that occupation, record the word “retired” after that occupation.

(4B) The details required by this paragraph, for the purposes of paragraph (4), are the following in respect of each of the nominated step-parents—

(a) the step-parent’s forenames and surname, and

(b) the step-parent’s current occupation or, if the step-parent has no current occupation or has died, former occupation (if any).

(4C) The condition in this paragraph is that recording on the conversion declaration, in accordance with the party’s wishes, the details about every step-parent whose details the party wishes the conversion declaration to record would not result in the details of more than four individuals in total being recorded on the conversion declaration as parents or step-parents of that party.

(4D) Where the superintendent registrar is required by paragraph (4A) to record details about one or more step-parents of a party instead of details about a parent of the party, paragraph (2) does not require the party to provide any details about that parent.

(4E) Where the superintendent registrar records details on the conversion declaration about the parent of a party and is informed that the parent has died, the superintendent registrar must record the word “deceased” after that parent’s name.

(4F) Where the superintendent registrar records a party’s former occupation on the conversion declaration and is informed that the party has retired from that occupation, the superintendent registrar must record the word “retired” after that occupation.

(4G) Where the superintendent registrar records the former occupation of a party’s parent on the conversion declaration and is informed that the parent has or had retired from that occupation, the superintendent registrar must record the word “retired” after that occupation.]

(5) Where it appears to the superintendent registrar that a party is unable to provide certain of the details required by paragraph (2), the superintendent registrar may convert the civil partnership without those details if it is reasonable to do so.

(6) The superintendent registrar must record the date on which the information [F6 required by this regulation to be recorded on the conversion declaration] is recorded on the conversion declaration.

F7 (7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F8 (8) In this regulation a “step-parent” of a party means a step-parent of that party who is or has been married to, or the civil partner of, a parent of that party.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 4(1) substituted (4.5.2021) by The Marriage and Civil Partnership (Conversion of Civil Partnership and Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/440), regs. 1(2), 2(3)(a)(i) (with reg. 3)

F2 Words in reg. 4(1) inserted (4.5.2021) by The Marriage and Civil Partnership (Conversion of Civil Partnership and Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/440), regs. 1(2), 2(3)(a)(ii) (with reg. 3)

F3 Reg. 4(2)(e) substituted (4.5.2021) by The Marriage and Civil Partnership (Conversion of Civil Partnership and Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/440), regs. 1(2), 2(3)(b)(i) (with reg. 3)

F4 Reg. 4(2)(g) substituted (4.5.2021) by The Marriage and Civil Partnership (Conversion of Civil Partnership and Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/440), regs. 1(2), 2(3)(b)(ii) (with reg. 3)

F5 Reg. 4(4)-(4G) substituted for reg. 4(4) (4.5.2021) by The Marriage and Civil Partnership (Conversion of Civil Partnership and Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/440), regs. 1(2), 2(3)(c) (with reg. 3)

F6 Words in reg. 4(6) substituted (4.5.2021) by The Marriage and Civil Partnership (Conversion of Civil Partnership and Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/440), regs. 1(2), 2(3)(d) (with reg. 3)

F7 Reg. 4(7) omitted (4.5.2021) by virtue of The Marriage and Civil Partnership (Conversion of Civil Partnership and Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/440), regs. 1(2), 2(3)(e)

F8 Reg. 4(8) inserted (4.5.2021) by The Marriage and Civil Partnership (Conversion of Civil Partnership and Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/440), regs. 1(2), 2(3)(f) (with reg. 3)

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 4 in force at 10.12.2014, see reg. 1