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9.—(1) This regulation applies if the parties to a civil partnership wish to convert their civil partnership into a marriage under the special procedure, which applies where one of the parties is seriously ill and is not expected to recover.
(2) For the parties to convert their civil partnership into a marriage in accordance with the special procedure, one of them must—
(a)attend in person before the superintendent registrar of a registration district to provide the details required by regulation 4(2) [F1, (3) and (where relevant) (4B)] in respect of both parties;
(b)provide such evidence as the superintendent registrar may require in order to be satisfied—
(i)of the name, address and date of birth of each of the parties;
(ii)of the formation of their civil partnership;
(iii)that one of the parties—
(aa)is seriously ill and is not expected to recover;
(bb)cannot be moved to a register office in England and Wales; and
(cc)understands the nature and purport of signing the conversion declaration; and
[F2(c)pay the appropriate fee to the superintendent registrar.]
(3) The certificate of a registered medical practitioner is sufficient evidence of any or all of the matters referred to in paragraph (2)(b)(iii).
(4) The superintendent registrar must attend the parties at any place at which the seriously ill party referred to in paragraph (2)(b)(iii) is present in order to convert the civil partnership.
(5) A conversion in accordance with the special procedure must take place within one month of the date recorded by the superintendent registrar in accordance with regulation 4(6).
(6) The fact that the conversion was carried out in accordance with the special procedure must be recorded in the conversion register.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 9(2)(a) 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(5) (with reg. 3)
F2Reg. 9(2)(c) substituted (5.10.2016) by The Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Fees) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/911), reg. 1, Sch. 2 para. 3(6)
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 9 in force at 10.12.2014, see reg. 1
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