12.—(1) This article applies where a civil partnership is converted into a marriage under section 9 of the 2013 Act, or is changed into a marriage in accordance with provision made under the 1977 Act, section 10 of the 2014 Act or Part 5 of this Order.
(2) For the purposes of section 48A of, and paragraph 5A(1)(b) of Schedule 3(1) to, the 1992 Act—
(a)the civil partnership is to be treated as having subsisted during the period that begins with the day when it was formed and ends with the day before the conversion day; and
(b)the marriage is to be treated as subsisting only from the conversion day.
(3) In this article “conversion day” means the day when the civil partnership is converted into a marriage or changed into a marriage.
Paragraph 5A of Schedule 3 was inserted by the 2007 Act, section 1(3) and amended by the 2013 Act, Schedule 4(5), paragraphs 11 and 12.