SCHEDULE 3 Registration by Former Spouses One of Whom has Changed Sex

SCHEDULE 3 Registration by Former Spouses One of Whom has Changed Sex

Section 5(2)

Application of Schedule

1

This Schedule applies if—

(a)     a court—

(i)     makes absolute a decree of nullity granted on the ground that an interim gender recognition certificate has been issued to a party to the marriage, or

(ii)     (in Scotland) grants a decree of divorce on that ground,

and, on doing so, issues a full gender recognition certificate (under section 5(1) of the Gender Recognition Act 2004 (c 7)) to that party, and

(b)     the parties wish to register in England or Wales as civil partners of each other without being delayed by the waiting period.

The relevant period

2

For the purposes of this Schedule the relevant period is the period—

(a)     beginning with the issue of the full gender recognition certificate, and

(b)     ending at the end of 1 month from the day on which it is issued.

Modifications of standard procedure and procedures for house-bound and detained persons

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(a)     each of the parties gives a notice of proposed civil partnership during the relevant

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