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3.—(1) Where the parties to a qualifying civil partnership wish to change their civil partnership into a marriage, the parties must—
(a)make an application by completing sections 1 to 12 of the form set out in the Schedule to these Regulations (the “application form”); and
(b)appear before a district registrar in any registration district with the fee payable.
(2) The parties must provide the following information and evidence in support of the application—
(a)an extract from the entry in the civil partnership register relating to their civil partnership; and
(b)any evidence of their identity requested by the district registrar.
(3) Where an application is made under paragraph (1), the district registrar must, where satisfied with the information and evidence under paragraph (2)—
(a)in the presence of the parties to the qualifying civil partnership—
(i)witness the signing of section 13 of the application form by each party;
(ii)sign section 14 of the application form; and
(b)enter the information from sections 1 to 10 of the application form in the marriage register.
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