SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 5Change of gender of married persons or civil partners
PART 1Applications by married persons and civil partners
Registration
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Section 10 (registration): after subsection (1) insert—
1A
Where a full gender recognition certificate is issued to a person who is a party to—
a
a marriage under the law of England and Wales, or
b
a civil partnership under that law,
the Secretary of State must send a copy of the certificate to the Registrar General for England and Wales.
2
Schedule 3 (registration), Part 1 (England and Wales): at end insert—
Registration of marriages and civil partnerships
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1
The Registrar General may make regulations about—
a
the registration of qualifying marriages, and
b
the registration of qualifying civil partnerships.
2
The regulations may, in particular, provide for the maintenance of—
a
a separate register in relation to qualifying marriages, and
b
a separate register in relation to qualifying civil partnerships.
3
In this paragraph—
“qualifying civil partnership” means a civil partnership under the law of England and Wales in a case where a full gender recognition certificate has been issued to each of the civil partners;
“qualifying marriage” means a marriage under the law of England and Wales in a case where a full gender recognition certificate has been issued to one, or each, of the spouses.