PART 5MARRIAGE OVERSEAS

CHAPTER 2Consular and armed forces marriage between civil partners - general

Meaning of civil partnership15

In this Part “civil partnership” means a civil partnership which—

a

was registered in Scotland; or

b

was registered outside the United Kingdom under an Order in Council made under Chapter 1 of Part 5 of the Civil Partnership Act 200417 where—

i

the parties to the civil partnership elected Scotland as the relevant part of the United Kingdom under the Order; and

ii

details of the civil partnership were sent to the Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages for Scotland;

and has not been dissolved, annulled or ended by death.