Statutory Instruments
2025 No. 569
REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS & MARRIAGES, ETC., ENGLAND AND WALES
The Registration of Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Registration Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2025
Made
8th May 2025
Coming into force
27th May 2025
The Registrar General for England and Wales(1) makes these Regulations with the approval of the Secretary of State(2) in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 27A(3) and 74(1)(b) of the Marriage Act 1949(3) and sections 19(5) and 36(3) of the Civil Partnership Act 2004(4), as extended by section 26(3) of the Welsh Language Act 1993(5).
Citation, commencement and extent
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Registration of Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Registration Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2025.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 27th May 2025.
(3) These Regulations extend to England and Wales.
Amendment to the Registration of Marriages Regulations 2015
2. In Schedule 1 to the Registration of Marriages Regulations 2015(6), for—
(a)Form 8, substitute Form 1 in the Schedule to these Regulations;
(b)Form 8(w), substitute Form 2 in the Schedule to these Regulations.
Amendment to the Civil Partnership (Registration Provisions) Regulations 2005
3. In Schedule 2 to the Civil Partnership (Registration Provisions) Regulations 2005(7), for—
(a)Form 7, substitute Form 3 in the Schedule to these Regulations;
(b)Form 7(w), substitute Form 4 in the Schedule to these Regulations.
Given under my hand on 8th May 2025
Tom Greig
Registrar General for England and Wales
I approve,
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Seema Malhotra
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Home Office
8th May 2025
SchedulePrescribed forms
The Registrar General may make Regulations prescribing anything which by the Marriage Act 1949 is required to be prescribed. (Prescribed is defined in section 78 of the Act).
The Registrar General with the approval of the Secretary of State may make Regulations prescribing anything which by the Marriage Act 1949 is required to be prescribed, and may make Regulations under the provisions of Part 2, Chapter 1 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (with some exceptions, not relevant here). The function of approving Regulations was transferred to the Secretary of State for the Home Department by articles 3(1) and 5(1) and paragraphs 5(e) and 14(d) of Schedule 1 to the Transfer of Functions (Registration) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/678).
1949 c. 76. Section 27A was inserted by paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 to the Marriage Act 1983 (c. 32) and amended by paragraph 9 of Schedule 14 to the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c. 33) and paragraph 5 of Schedule 7 to the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (c. 30). It is also amended by section 75(3)(a) of the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 (c. 21), not yet in force. Section 74 was amended by paragraph 19 of Schedule 15 to the Immigration Act 2016 (c. 19), paragraph 5(1)(d) of Schedule 2 to S.I. 2008/678 and article 12 of S.I. 2009/2821. There are other amendments to sections 27A and 74 not relevant to these Regulations.
2004 c. 33. Section 19 is amended by section 76(7) of the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024, not yet in force. Section 36 was amended by Schedule 2, paragraph 14(d) to S.I. 2008/678. There are other amendments to sections 19 and 36 not relevant to these Regulations.
S.I. 2015/207. There are amendments to Schedule 1 not relevant to these Regulations.
S.I. 2005/3176. There are amendments to Schedule 2 not relevant to these Regulations.