The Marriage of Same Sex Couples (Conversion of Civil Partnership) Regulations 2014

Information to be provided to Superintendent Registrar

4.—(1) Before the parties to a civil partnership may convert their civil partnership into a marriage, the information in paragraphs (2) and (3) must be provided by the parties in accordance with regulations 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10 (as the case may be) and recorded by the superintendent registrar on the conversion declaration.

(2) Each party must provide the following details pertaining to that party—

(a) forenames;

(b) surname;

(c) date of birth;

(d) sex;

(e) rank or profession;

(f) address; and

(g) subject to paragraph (4), father’s forenames, surname, and rank or profession;

(3) The parties must jointly provide details of—

(a) the date and place of the formation of the parties’ civil partnership;

(b) the place at which it is proposed that the conversion declaration will be made.

(4) Paragraph (2)(g) must be recorded by the superintendent registrar as follows—

(a) if the father of either party is deceased, the superintendent registrar must record the word “deceased” after the father’s surname;

(b) if either party wishes to record a step-father’s name instead of the father’s name, the superintendent registrar must record the word “step-father” after the surname, provided he is or has been married to the mother.

(5) Where it appears to the superintendent registrar that a party is unable to provide certain of the details required by paragraph (2), the superintendent registrar may convert the civil partnership without those details if it is reasonable to do so.

(6) The superintendent registrar must record the date on which the information in paragraphs (2) and (3) is recorded on the conversion declaration.

(7) For the purposes of section 4A(3) of the Gender Recognition Act 2004(1), the date on which the conversion application is made means the date recorded by the superintendent registrar in accordance with paragraph (6).

(1)

2004 c. 7; section 4A was inserted by section 12 of, and paragraph 4 of Schedule 5 to, the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (c. 30).