Section 96: Civil partnership with former spouse

Civil Partnership Act 2004 · 2004 c. 33View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 3: Civil partnership: Scotland — Chapter 2: Registration

Where an intended civil partner has a full gender recognition certificate issued under section 5(1) of the Gender Recognition Act 2004 (c. 7) and the other intended civil partner was the other party in the proceedings in which the certificate was issued, the procedures for their registration as civil partners of each other may—

if they so elect, and
if each of them submits a notice under section 88(1) within 30 days after the certificate is issued,

be expedited as follows.

The registration may take place on any of the 30 days immediately following—

that on which the notices are submitted, or
(if the two notices are not submitted on the same day) that on which the later is submitted.

And accordingly there are to be disregarded—

in section 90—
in subsection (2)(b), the words from “being” to the end, and
subsection (3),
section 91(1), and
in section 94, subsection (1)(b).

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