Standard procedure for conversionE+W
6.—(1) For the parties to a civil partnership to convert their civil partnership into a marriage in accordance with the standard procedure—
(a)they must attend together in person before the superintendent registrar of a registration district to provide the information required by regulation 4(2) [F1, (3) and (where relevant) (4B)];
(b)each party must give the superintendent registrar the evidence specified in Schedule 1 relating to the name, address and date of birth of that party;
(c)the parties must jointly give the superintendent registrar the evidence specified in Schedule 1 relating to the formation of their civil partnership; and
[F2(d)the parties must pay the appropriate fee to the superintendent registrar.]
(2) A conversion in accordance with the standard procedure must take place at a register office or any other premises provided by the local authority for the exercise of the superintendent registrar’s functions (not being premises approved for the solemnization of marriages under section 46A of the 1949 Act(1)).
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 6(1)(a) substituted (4.5.2021) by The Marriage and Civil Partnership (Conversion of Civil Partnership and Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/440), regs. 1(2), 2(4) (with reg. 3)
F2Reg. 6(1)(d) substituted (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(3)
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 6 in force at 10.12.2014, see reg. 1
1949 c. 76; section 46A was inserted by section 1(2) of the Marriage Act 1994 (c. 34). There are amendments to the section, not relevant here.