Statutory Instruments
2005 No. 2056 (L. 20 )
SUPREME COURT OF ENGLAND AND WALES
The Enrolment of Deeds (Change of Name) (Amendment) Regulations 2005
Made
1st July 2005
Laid before Parliament
29th July 2005
Coming into force
5th December 2005
The Master of the Rolls, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 133(1) of the Supreme Court Act 1981( 1 ), hereby makes the following Order:
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Enrolment of Deeds (Change of Name) (Amendment) Regulations 2005 and shall come into force on 5th December 2005.
2. —(1) The Enrolment of Deeds (Change of Name) Regulations 1994( 2 ) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2(4), for “or divorced”, substitute “divorced, a civil partner or former civil partner and, if a former civil partner, whether the civil partnership ended on death or dissolution”.
(3) In regulation 3(2) –
(a) after “married”, insert “or a civil partner”;
(b) after “certificate of marriage”, insert “or civil partnership certificate”;
(c) after “spouse”, in both places, insert “or civil partner”;
(d) after “spouse's”, insert “or civil partner's”.
(4) In regulation 8(2), for “, is female and is married”, substitute “and is or has been married or a civil partner”.
(5) In regulation 8(5)(a), for “an affidavit”, substitute “a witness statement”.
Phillips of Worth Matravers, M.R.
1st July 2005
S.I. 1994/604 , to which there is an amendment not relevant to these Regulations.