Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013

Registration

9 (1) 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

11A (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.”.