24.—(1) Section 3 is amended as follows.
(2) After subsection (6A)(1) insert—
“(6AA) If the applicant is a civil partner, an application under section 1(1) must include a statutory declaration as to whether the civil partnership is a civil partnership under the law of England and Wales, of Scotland, or of Northern Ireland, or is an overseas relationship that is treated as a civil partnership by virtue of Chapter 2 of Part 5 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004.”.
(3) In subsection (6B)—
(a)in the words before paragraph (a)—
(i)after “married” insert “or a civil partner”;
(ii)after “the marriage” insert “or civil partnership”;
(iii)after “protected marriage” insert “or a protected civil partnership”;
(b)in paragraph (a)—
(i)after “spouse”, where it first occurs, insert “or civil partner”;
(ii)after “spouse”, in both remaining places it occurs, insert “or partner”;
(iii)after “marriage” insert “or partnership”;
(c)in paragraph (b), after “spouse” insert “or civil partner”.
(4) In subsection (6C)—
(a)after “spouse”, where it first occurs, insert “or civil partner”;
(b)after “spouse”, in the remaining place it occurs, insert “or partner”.
Section 3(6A)-(6C) was inserted by the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013, Schedule 5, paragraph 2.