Reg. 2 in force at 10.12.2014, see reg. 1

Words in reg. 2 inserted (5.10.2016) by The Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Fees) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/911), reg. 1, Sch. 2 para. 3(2)

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/3181/regulation/2/2016-10-05The Marriage of Same Sex Couples (Conversion of Civil Partnership) Regulations 2014enREGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES, ETC. ENGLAND AND WALESStatute Law Database2023-03-22Expert Participation2016-10-05These Regulations establish the procedure for converting civil partnerships formed under the law of England and Wales into marriages, pursuant to section 9 of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013.The Marriage of Same Sex Couples (Conversion of Civil Partnership) Regulations 2014PART 1IntroductoryInterpretation2.

In these Regulations—

“the 1949 Act” means the Marriage Act 1949

1949 c. 76.

;

“the 2004 Act” means the Civil Partnership Act 2004

2004 c. 33.

;

“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

S.I. 2005/2761. Article 16 was amended by article 4(a) of S.I. 2012/3063.

;

(iii)

in the case of a civil partnership registered in accordance with the Civil Partnership (Armed Forces) Order 2005

S.I. 2005/3188.

, the register referred to in article 2(2) of the Service Departments Registers Order 1959

S.I. 1959/406. Article 2(2) was amended by article 2(3) of S.I. 2005/3186.

;

“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

2006 c. 52.

;

“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

1953 c. 37; section 10(1) and (3) was amended by section 251 of, and paragraph 41 of Schedule 29 to, the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70).

;

“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

Section 5(1) was amended by section 251 of, and paragraph 41 of Schedule 29 to, the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70).

;

“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.

This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below.
<akomaNtoso xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xsi:schemaLocation="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0 http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/akn-core/v1.0/cos01/part2-specs/schemas/akomantoso30.xsd">
<act name="uksi">
<meta>
<identification source="#">
<FRBRWork>
<FRBRthis value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/3181"/>
<FRBRuri value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/3181"/>
<FRBRdate date="2014-11-29" name="made"/>
<FRBRauthor href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/government/uk"/>
<FRBRcountry value="GB-UKM"/>
<FRBRsubtype value="regulation"/>
<FRBRnumber value="3181"/>
<FRBRname value="S.I. 2014/3181"/>
<FRBRprescriptive value="true"/>
</FRBRWork>
<FRBRExpression>
<FRBRthis value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/3181/2016-10-05"/>
<FRBRuri value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/3181/2016-10-05"/>
<FRBRdate date="2016-10-05" name="validFrom"/>
<FRBRauthor href="#"/>
<FRBRlanguage language="eng"/>
</FRBRExpression>
<FRBRManifestation>
<FRBRthis value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/3181/2016-10-05/data.akn"/>
<FRBRuri value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/3181/2016-10-05/data.akn"/>
<FRBRdate date="2024-12-11Z" name="transform"/>
<FRBRauthor href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk"/>
<FRBRformat value="application/akn+xml"/>
</FRBRManifestation>
</identification>
<lifecycle source="#">
<eventRef refersTo="#made" date="2014-11-29" eId="date-made" source="#"/>
<eventRef refersTo="#coming-into-force" date="2014-12-10" eId="date-cif-1" source="#"/>
<eventRef date="2016-10-05" eId="date-2016-10-05" source="#"/>
<eventRef date="2019-12-02" eId="date-2019-12-02" source="#"/>
</lifecycle>
<analysis source="#">
<restrictions source="#">
<restriction refersTo="#extent-e+w" type="jurisdiction"/>
<restriction href="#body" refersTo="#extent-e+w" type="jurisdiction"/>
<restriction href="#part-1" refersTo="#extent-e+w" type="jurisdiction"/>
<restriction href="#regulation-2" refersTo="#extent-e+w" type="jurisdiction"/>
<restriction refersTo="#period-from-2016-10-05-to-2019-12-02" type="jurisdiction"/>
<restriction href="#body" refersTo="#period-from-2016-10-05" type="jurisdiction"/>
<restriction href="#part-1" refersTo="#period-from-2016-10-05-to-2019-12-02" type="jurisdiction"/>
<restriction href="#regulation-2" refersTo="#period-from-2016-10-05-to-2019-12-02" type="jurisdiction"/>
</restrictions>
<otherAnalysis source="">
<uk:commentary href="#regulation-2" refersTo="#key-91c84b97d1041b3a2e9555b577f5f360"/>
<uk:commentary href="#regulation-2" refersTo="#key-f2fc390c49b2fb846f72be6707ceb41b"/>
</otherAnalysis>
</analysis>
<temporalData source="#">
<temporalGroup eId="period-from-2016-10-05">
<timeInterval start="#date-2016-10-05" refersTo="#"/>
</temporalGroup>
<temporalGroup eId="period-from-2016-10-05-to-2019-12-02">
<timeInterval start="#date-2016-10-05" end="#date-2019-12-02" refersTo="#"/>
</temporalGroup>
</temporalData>
<references source="#">
<TLCEvent eId="made" href="" showAs="Made"/>
<TLCEvent eId="cif" href="" showAs="ComingIntoForce"/>
<TLCLocation eId="extent-e+w" href="" showAs="E+W"/>
</references>
<notes source="#">
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="I" class="commentary I" eId="key-91c84b97d1041b3a2e9555b577f5f360" marker="I1">
<p>
Reg. 2 in force at 10.12.2014, see
<ref eId="n365b5e5edeb78637" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/3181/regulation/1">reg. 1</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="key-f2fc390c49b2fb846f72be6707ceb41b" marker="F1">
<p>
Words in
<ref eId="cx4fp4kj4-00006" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/3181/regulation/2">reg. 2</ref>
inserted (5.10.2016) by
<ref eId="cx4fp4kj4-00007" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2016/911">The Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Fees) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/911)</ref>
,
<ref eId="cx4fp4kj4-00008" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2016/911/regulation/1">reg. 1</ref>
,
<ref eId="cx4fp4kj4-00009" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2016/911/schedule/2/paragraph/3/2">Sch. 2 para. 3(2)</ref>
</p>
</note>
</notes>
<proprietary xmlns:ukm="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/metadata" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dct="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" source="#">
<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/3181/regulation/2/2016-10-05</dc:identifier>
<dc:title>The Marriage of Same Sex Couples (Conversion of Civil Partnership) Regulations 2014</dc:title>
<dc:language>en</dc:language>
<dc:subject scheme="SIheading">REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES, ETC. ENGLAND AND WALES</dc:subject>
<dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher>
<dc:modified>2023-03-22</dc:modified>
<dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor>
<dct:valid>2016-10-05</dct:valid>
<dc:description>These Regulations establish the procedure for converting civil partnerships formed under the law of England and Wales into marriages, pursuant to section 9 of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013.</dc:description>
<ukm:SecondaryMetadata>
<ukm:DocumentClassification>
<ukm:DocumentCategory Value="secondary"/>
<ukm:DocumentMainType Value="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument"/>
<ukm:DocumentStatus Value="revised"/>
<ukm:DocumentMinorType Value="regulation"/>
</ukm:DocumentClassification>
<ukm:Year Value="2014"/>
<ukm:Number Value="3181"/>
<ukm:Made Date="2014-11-29"/>
<ukm:ComingIntoForce>
<ukm:DateTime Date="2014-12-10"/>
</ukm:ComingIntoForce>
<ukm:ISBN Value="9780111124321"/>
</ukm:SecondaryMetadata>
<ukm:Supersedes URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukdsi/2014/9780111121948">
<dc:title>The Marriage of Same Sex Couples (Conversion of Civil Partnership) Regulations 2014</dc:title>
<ukm:DocumentMainType Value="UnitedKingdomDraftStatutoryInstrument"/>
<ukm:Year Value="2014"/>
<ukm:ISBN Value="9780111121948"/>
</ukm:Supersedes>
<ukm:Notes>
<ukm:Note IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/3181/notes"/>
<ukm:Alternatives>
<ukm:Alternative URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/3181/pdfs/uksiem_20143181_en.pdf" Date="2014-12-03" Title="UK Explanatory Memorandum" Size="42057"/>
</ukm:Alternatives>
</ukm:Notes>
<ukm:Alternatives>
<ukm:Alternative URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/3181/pdfs/uksi_20143181_en.pdf" Date="2014-12-03" Size="140005"/>
</ukm:Alternatives>
<ukm:Statistics>
<ukm:TotalParagraphs Value="46"/>
<ukm:BodyParagraphs Value="41"/>
<ukm:ScheduleParagraphs Value="5"/>
<ukm:AttachmentParagraphs Value="0"/>
<ukm:TotalImages Value="0"/>
</ukm:Statistics>
</proprietary>
</meta>
<body eId="body">
<part eId="part-1">
<num>PART 1</num>
<heading>Introductory</heading>
<hcontainer name="regulation" eId="regulation-2" uk:target="true">
<heading>Interpretation</heading>
<num>2.</num>
<intro>
<p>In these Regulations—</p>
</intro>
<hcontainer name="definition">
<content>
<p>
“the
<abbr title="Marriage Act 1949 c. 76">1949 Act</abbr>
” means the Marriage Act 1949
<authorialNote class="footnote" eId="f00002" marker="2">
<p>
<ref eId="c00002" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1949/76">1949 c. 76</ref>
.
</p>
</authorialNote>
;
</p>
</content>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="definition">
<content>
<p>
“the
<abbr title="Civil Partnership Act 2004 c. 33">2004 Act</abbr>
” means the Civil Partnership Act 2004
<authorialNote class="footnote" eId="f00003" marker="3">
<p>
<ref eId="c00003" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2004/33">2004 c. 33</ref>
.
</p>
</authorialNote>
;
</p>
</content>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="definition">
<content>
<p>
“the
<abbr title="Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 c. 30">2013 Act</abbr>
” means the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013;
</p>
</content>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="definition">
<content>
<p>
<ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-f2fc390c49b2fb846f72be6707ceb41b-1679398750438" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f2fc390c49b2fb846f72be6707ceb41b">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-f2fc390c49b2fb846f72be6707ceb41b" class="commentary"/>
“appropriate fee” means the fee set out in the Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Fees) Regulations 2016;
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="definition">
<content>
<p>“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;</p>
</content>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="definition">
<content>
<p>
“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
<abbr title="Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 c. 30">2013 Act</abbr>
;
</p>
</content>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="definition">
<content>
<p>“civil partnership register” means—</p>
<blockContainer ukl:Name="BlockText">
<blockList class="ordered roman parens" ukl:Name="OrderedList" ukl:Type="roman" ukl:Decoration="parens">
<item>
<num>(i)</num>
<p>
in the case of an England and Wales civil partnership, the register referred to in section 30(4) of the
<abbr title="Civil Partnership Act 2004 c. 33">2004 Act</abbr>
;
</p>
</item>
<item>
<num>(ii)</num>
<p>
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
<authorialNote class="footnote" eId="f00004" marker="4">
<p>
<ref eId="c00004" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2005/2761">S.I. 2005/2761</ref>
. Article 16 was amended by article 4(a) of
<ref eId="c00005" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2012/3063">S.I. 2012/3063</ref>
.
</p>
</authorialNote>
;
</p>
</item>
<item>
<num>(iii)</num>
<p>
in the case of a civil partnership registered in accordance with the Civil Partnership (Armed Forces) Order 2005
<authorialNote class="footnote" eId="f00005" marker="5">
<p>
<ref eId="c00006" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2005/3188">S.I. 2005/3188</ref>
.
</p>
</authorialNote>
, the register referred to in article 2(2) of the Service Departments Registers Order 1959
<authorialNote class="footnote" eId="f00006" marker="6">
<p>
<ref eId="c00007" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1959/406">S.I. 1959/406</ref>
. Article 2(2) was amended by article 2(3) of
<ref eId="c00008" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2005/3186">S.I. 2005/3186</ref>
.
</p>
</authorialNote>
;
</p>
</item>
</blockList>
</blockContainer>
</content>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="definition">
<content>
<p>
“conversion” means the conversion of a civil partnership into a marriage under section 9 of the
<abbr title="Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 c. 30">2013 Act</abbr>
;
</p>
</content>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="definition">
<content>
<p>“conversion declaration”—</p>
<blockContainer ukl:Name="BlockText">
<blockList class="ordered roman parens" ukl:Name="OrderedList" ukl:Type="roman" ukl:Decoration="parens">
<item>
<num>(i)</num>
<p>in Part 2 of these Regulations, has the meaning given in regulation 3(2);</p>
</item>
<item>
<num>(ii)</num>
<p>in Part 3 of these Regulations, has the meaning given in regulation 32(1);</p>
</item>
<item>
<num>(iii)</num>
<p>in Part 4 of these Regulations, has the meaning given in regulation 39(1);</p>
</item>
</blockList>
</blockContainer>
</content>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="definition">
<content>
<p>“conversion register” has the meaning given in regulation 22(1);</p>
</content>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="definition">
<content>
<p>
“England and Wales civil partnership” has the same meaning as in section 9(7) of the
<abbr title="Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 c. 30">2013 Act</abbr>
;
</p>
</content>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="definition">
<content>
<p>
“Her Majesty’s forces” has the same meaning as in the Armed Forces Act 2006
<authorialNote class="footnote" eId="f00007" marker="7">
<p>
<ref eId="c00009" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/52">2006 c. 52</ref>
.
</p>
</authorialNote>
;
</p>
</content>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="definition">
<content>
<p>“local authority” means—</p>
<blockContainer ukl:Name="BlockText">
<blockList class="ordered roman parens" ukl:Name="OrderedList" ukl:Type="roman" ukl:Decoration="parens">
<item>
<num>(i)</num>
<p>a county council in England;</p>
</item>
<item>
<num>(ii)</num>
<p>a district council in England for an area without a county council;</p>
</item>
<item>
<num>(iii)</num>
<p>a London borough council;</p>
</item>
<item>
<num>(iv)</num>
<p>the Common Council of the City of London;</p>
</item>
<item>
<num>(v)</num>
<p>the Council of the Isles of Scilly;</p>
</item>
<item>
<num>(vi)</num>
<p>a county or county borough council in Wales;</p>
</item>
</blockList>
</blockContainer>
</content>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="definition">
<content>
<p>
“register office” means a register office provided under section 10 of the Registration Service Act 1953
<authorialNote class="footnote" eId="f00008" marker="8">
<p>
<ref eId="c00010" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1953/37">1953 c. 37</ref>
; section 10(1) and (3) was amended by section 251 of, and paragraph 41 of Schedule 29 to, the Local Government Act
<ref eId="c00011" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1972/70">1972 (c. 70)</ref>
.
</p>
</authorialNote>
;
</p>
</content>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="definition">
<content>
<p>
“registration authority” has the same meaning as in section 28 of the
<abbr title="Civil Partnership Act 2004 c. 33">2004 Act</abbr>
;
</p>
</content>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="definition">
<content>
<p>
“registration district” means a registration district within the meaning of section 5 of the Registration Service Act 1953
<authorialNote class="footnote" eId="f00009" marker="9">
<p>
Section 5(1) was amended by section 251 of, and paragraph 41 of Schedule 29 to, the Local Government Act
<ref eId="c00012" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1972/70">1972 (c. 70)</ref>
.
</p>
</authorialNote>
;
</p>
</content>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="definition">
<content>
<p>
“registration officer” has the same meaning as in paragraph 6 of Schedule 6 to the
<abbr title="Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 c. 30">2013 Act</abbr>
;
</p>
</content>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="definition">
<content>
<p>
“relevant civilian” means a person who is a relevant civilian for the purposes of Part 3 of Schedule 6 to the
<abbr title="Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 c. 30">2013 Act</abbr>
and any Order in Council made under that Part;
</p>
</content>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="definition">
<content>
<p>
“United Kingdom national” has the same meaning as in paragraph 15 of Schedule 6 to the
<abbr title="Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 c. 30">2013 Act</abbr>
.
</p>
</content>
</hcontainer>
</hcontainer>
</part>
</body>
</act>
</akomaNtoso>