Civil Partnership Act 2004 Explanatory Notes

Commentary on Sections

Part 3 - Civil Partnerships: Scotland.Introduction

Chapter 2 - Registration
Section 98: Application of certain sections of 1965 Act to civil partnership register

193.This section provides that certain provisions of the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965 apply to the civil partnership register as they apply in relation to registers of births, deaths and marriages. These provisions enable the examination of the civil partnership register by district examiners, the searching of indexes kept by registrars or the Registrar General for Scotland and the application to the register of the process of correction.

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