25.—(1) Section 3B(1) is amended as follows.
(2) After subsection (7) insert—
“(7A) If the applicant is a civil partner, the application 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 (8)—
(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 the remaining place it occurs, insert “or partner”;
(c)in paragraph (b), after “spouse” insert “or civil partner”.
(4) In subsection (9)—
(a)after “spouse”, where it first occurs, insert “or civil partner”;
(b)after “spouse”, in the remaining place it occurs, insert “or partner”.
Section 3B was added by the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013, Schedule 5, paragraph 19.