two people wish to register as civil partners of each other in England and Wales, and

one of them (“A”) resides in Scotland and the other (“B”) resides in England or Wales.

two people wish to register as civil partners of each other in England and Wales, and

one of them (“A”) is F4an officer, seaman or marine borne on the books of one of Her Majesty's ships at sea. and the other (“B”) resides in England or Wales.

A is not required to give a notice of proposed civil partnership under this Chapter;

B may make the necessary declaration without reference to A's usual place of residence for any period;

the waiting period is calculated by reference to the day on which B’s notice is recorded;

the civil partnership schedule is not to be issued by a registration authority unless A or B produces to that registration authority a certificate of no impediment issued to A under the relevant provision;

the applicable period is calculated by reference to the day on which B’s notice is recorded and, where the standard procedure is used in the F6first case, is the period of 3 months beginning with that day;

section 31 applies as if in subsections (1)(a) and (2)(c) for “each notice” there were substituted “ B’s notice ”.

if A resides in Scotland, section 97;

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if A is F8an officer, seaman or marine borne on the books of one of Her Majesty's ships at sea, section 239.