InterpretationE+W
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2. In these Regulations—
“the 1949 Act” means the Marriage Act 1949();
“the 2004 Act” means the Civil Partnership Act 2004();
“the 2013 Act” means the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013;
[“appropriate fee” means the fee set out in the Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Fees) Regulations 2016;]
“authorised person”, in relation to a conversion in a country or territory outside the United Kingdom, means a person authorised by the commanding officer of any of Her Majesty’s forces in that country or territory to conduct that conversion or conversions generally;
“civil partnership” means a civil partnership which is either an England and Wales civil partnership, or a civil partnership within section 9(3) of the 2013 Act;
“civil partnership register” means—
(i)
in the case of an England and Wales civil partnership, the register referred to in section 30(4) of the 2004 Act;
(ii)
in the case of a civil partnership registered in accordance with the Civil Partnership (Registration Abroad and Certificates) Order 2005, the register referred to in article 16 of that Order();
(iii)
in the case of a civil partnership registered in accordance with the Civil Partnership (Armed Forces) Order 2005(), the register referred to in article 2(2) of the Service Departments Registers Order 1959();
“conversion” means the conversion of a civil partnership into a marriage under section 9 of the 2013 Act;
“conversion declaration”—
(i)
in Part 2 of these Regulations, has the meaning given in regulation 3(2);
(ii)
in Part 3 of these Regulations, has the meaning given in regulation 32(1);
(iii)
in Part 4 of these Regulations, has the meaning given in regulation 39(1);
“conversion register” has the meaning given in regulation 22(1);
“England and Wales civil partnership” has the same meaning as in section 9(7) of the 2013 Act;
“Her Majesty’s forces” has the same meaning as in the Armed Forces Act 2006();
“local authority” means—
(i)
a county council in England;
(ii)
a district council in England for an area without a county council;
(iii)
a London borough council;
(iv)
the Common Council of the City of London;
(v)
the Council of the Isles of Scilly;
(vi)
a county or county borough council in Wales;
“register office” means a register office provided under section 10 of the Registration Service Act 1953();
“registration authority” has the same meaning as in section 28 of the 2004 Act;
“registration district” means a registration district within the meaning of section 5 of the Registration Service Act 1953();
“registration officer” has the same meaning as in paragraph 6 of Schedule 6 to the 2013 Act;
“relevant civilian” means a person who is a relevant civilian for the purposes of Part 3 of Schedule 6 to the 2013 Act and any Order in Council made under that Part;
“United Kingdom national” has the same meaning as in paragraph 15 of Schedule 6 to the 2013 Act.
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