The Gender Recognition (Marriage and Civil Partnership Registration) (Scotland) Regulations 2016

Prospective

Application for registration of qualifying Scottish civil partnershipsS

This section has no associated Policy Notes

8.—(1) Where both of the civil partners in a qualifying Scottish civil partnership wish to register their civil partnership, the civil partners must—

(a)make an application by completing the form set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations; and

(b)send, or submit in person, the form to the Registrar General.

(2) Where an application is made under paragraph (1), the Registrar General, where satisfied with the information in the application form, must—

(a)make a draft new civil partnership register entry containing the particulars referred to in regulation 9; and

(b)send the draft new civil partnership register entry to the district registrar.

Commencement Information

I1Reg. 8 in force at 24.3.2016, see reg. 1