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The Marriage of Same Sex Couples (Conversion of Civil Partnership) Regulations 2014
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- 2014 No. 3181
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21.—(1) As soon as practicable after a marriage is registered in accordance with regulation 18(1), or the Registrar General is notified of a conversion under Part 3 or 4 of these Regulations, the Registrar General must ensure that any records of the civil partnership held by the Registrar General (which does not include the indexes made under regulation 17(1) of the Civil Partnership (Registration Provisions) Regulations 2005(1)), are annotated with the date and place of the conversion.
(2) After a marriage is registered in accordance with regulation 18(1), or the Registrar General is notified of a conversion under Part 3 or 4 of these Regulations, the Registrar General or a registration authority may not issue any of the certified copies F1... within paragraph (3) relating to a civil partnership that has been converted into a marriage, unless the copies F2... include the annotation made under paragraph (1).
(3) Paragraph (2) applies to—
(a)any certified copy F3... of an entry in the civil partnership register issued pursuant to regulation 13 of the Civil Partnership (Registration Provisions) Regulations 2005(2);
(b)any certified copy F4... of an entry in the civil partnership register issued pursuant to regulation 14 of the Civil Partnership (Registration Provisions) Regulations 2005;
(c)any certified copy of a civil partnership document issued pursuant to article 14(3) of the Civil Partnership (Registration Abroad and Certificates) Order 2005(3).
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F1Words in reg. 21(2) omitted (4.5.2021) by virtue of The Marriage and Civil Partnership (Conversion of Civil Partnership and Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/440), regs. 1(2), 2(8)(a)(i)
F2Words in reg. 21(2) omitted (4.5.2021) by virtue of The Marriage and Civil Partnership (Conversion of Civil Partnership and Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/440), regs. 1(2), 2(8)(a)(ii)
F3Words in reg. 21(3)(a) omitted (4.5.2021) by virtue of The Marriage and Civil Partnership (Conversion of Civil Partnership and Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/440), regs. 1(2), 2(8)(b)
F4Words in reg. 21(3)(b) omitted (4.5.2021) by virtue of The Marriage and Civil Partnership (Conversion of Civil Partnership and Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/440), regs. 1(2), 2(8)(b)
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I1Reg. 21 in force at 10.12.2014, see reg. 1
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Regulation 2 of S.I. 2005/3176 provides that “certified copy” means a copy of an entry in the civil partnership register which contains all of the information recorded in that entry; and “certified extract” means a copy of an entry in the civil partnership register which does not include the addresses of the civil partners as recorded in that entry.
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