SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3Registration by former spouses one of whom has changed sex

Application of Schedule

1

This Schedule applies if—

(a)

a court—

(i)

makes absolute a decree of nullity granted on the ground that an interim gender recognition certificate has been issued to a party to the marriage, or

(ii)

(in Scotland) grants a decree of divorce on that ground,

and, on doing so, issues a full gender recognition certificate (under section 5(1) of the Gender Recognition Act 2004 (c. 7)) to that party, and

(b)

the parties wish to register in England or Wales as civil partners of each other without being delayed by the waiting period.