- a conversion under this Part
means a conversion, pursuant to regulation 3(1)(a) or (3)(a), of— (a) a civil partnership into a marriage, or (b) a marriage into a civil partnership;
- a requirement related to sexual orientation
includes (without prejudice to the generality of that expression)— a a requirement not to be married to, or the civil partner of, a person of the same sex;
- applicable legislation
means— (a) an Act of Parliament so far as it forms part of the law of Northern Ireland, (b) Northern Ireland legislation, (c) subordinate legislation made under an Act of Parliament, so far as the subordinate legislation forms part of the law of Northern Ireland, and (d) subordinate legislation made under Northern Ireland legislation;
- civil partnerships
includes civil partnerships which result from the conversion of a convertible Northern Ireland marriage under Part 5 of the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Northern Ireland) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (conversion abroad where there is an armed-forces connection). 5 In this Order— • “convertible Northern Ireland civil partnership” means— (a) a civil partnership formed by two people registering as civil partners of each other in Northern Ireland under Part 4 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004, (b) a civil partnership formed by two people registering as civil partners of each other under the Civil Partnership (Registration Abroad and Certificates) Order 2005 (registration at British consular premises abroad) if Northern Ireland was the relevant part (as defined by article 4(5) of the Order) of the United Kingdom, or (c) a civil partnership formed by two people registering as civil partners of each other under the Civil Partnership (Armed Forces) Order 2005 (registration abroad where at least one party has armed-forces connection) if Northern Ireland was the part of the United Kingdom identified under article 5 of the Order;
- compelled
means compelled by any means (including by the enforcement of a contract or a statutory or other legal requirement);
- conversion
means— a the conversion of a marriage into a civil partnership under Part 3 of the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Northern Ireland) (No. 2) Regulations 2020;
- conversion agreement
means an agreement between two people—
- conversion before an officiant
means a conversion under this Part which— (a) is from a civil partnership into a marriage, and (b) follows— (a) the version of the two-stage procedure offered by regulation 7(6)(a) and (c)(iii), (b) the version of the special procedure offered by regulation 7(8)(a) and (b)(ii), or (c) the version of the procedure for detained persons offered by regulation 7(10)(a) and (b)(ii);
- conversion declaration
has the meaning given by regulation 23;
- convertible Northern Ireland civil partnership
means— (a) a civil partnership formed by two people registering as civil partners of each other in Northern Ireland under Part 4 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004, (b) a civil partnership formed by two people registering as civil partners of each other under the Civil Partnership (Registration Abroad and Certificates) Order 2005 (registration at British consular premises abroad) if Northern Ireland was the relevant part (as defined by article 4(5) of the Order) of the United Kingdom, or (c) a civil partnership formed by two people registering as civil partners of each other under the Civil Partnership (Armed Forces) Order 2005 (registration abroad where at least one party has armed-forces connection) if Northern Ireland was the part of the United Kingdom identified under article 5 of the Order;
- convertible Northern Ireland marriage
means— (a) a marriage solemnised in Northern Ireland, (b) a marriage solemnised under Part 2 of the Consular Marriages and Marriages under Foreign Law (No. 2) Order 2014 (solemnisation at British consular premises abroad) if Northern Ireland was the relevant part (as defined by article 3 of the Order) of the United Kingdom, (c) a marriage solemnised under the Overseas Marriage (Armed Forces) Order 2014 (solemnisation abroad where at least one party has armed-forces connection) if Northern Ireland was the relevant part (as defined by article 4 of the Order) of the United Kingdom, or (d) a marriage otherwise formed under the law of Northern Ireland.
- existing applicable legislation
means applicable legislation passed or made before these Regulations are made;
- hospital
means— (a) a hospital, or institution, managed by a Health and Social Care trust or the Regional Health and Social Care Board or the Department of Health in Northern Ireland, (b) a private hospital, or (c) special accommodation;
- marriages
includes those resulting from conversion), before the “and” at the end of sub-paragraph (a) insert— “aa the conversion of a convertible Northern Ireland civil partnership under Part 4 of the Marriage of Same Sex Couples (Conversion of Civil Partnership) Regulations 2014 (conversion abroad where there is an armed-forces connection);”
- officiant
means— (a) a person registered under Article 11 of the Marriage (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 for marriages of parties who are of the same sex, (b) a person authorised under Article 14(1)(a) of that Order (as modified by regulation 15) to officiate at one or more specified conversions under this Part, or (c) a person authorised under Article 14(1)(b) of that Order for marriages of parties who are of the same sex;
- prison
includes a remand centre, a young offenders centre and a juvenile justice centre;
- registration officer
means— (a) a consular officer in the service of Her Majesty’s government in the United Kingdom, or (b) in the case of a conversion under this Part in a country or territory in which Her Majesty’s government in the United Kingdom has for the time being no consular representative, a person authorised by the Secretary of State in respect of the solemnization of marriages in that country or territory;
- relevant civilian
means a civilian subject to service discipline (within the meaning of the Armed Forces Act 2006) who performs in support of Her Majesty’s forces any of the following functions: administrative, executive, judicial, clerical, typing, duplicating, machine operating, paper keeping, managerial, professional, scientific, experimental, technical, industrial or labouring functions;
- relevant gender change case
means a case where— (a) the deceased spouse, or deceased civil partner, was a woman by virtue of a full gender recognition certificate having been issued under the Gender Recognition Act 2004, and (b) the marriage of the deceased spouse and the surviving spouse (that ends with the deceased spouse’s death), or the civil partnership of the deceased civil partner and the surviving civil partner (that ends with the deceased civil partner’s death), subsisted before the time when the certificate was issued;”
- religious body
means an organised group of people meeting regularly for common religious worship;
- religious premises
means premises which— (a) are owned, or controlled, by a religious body or a person acting on behalf of or under the auspices of a religious body, and (b) are not premises where the sole or main purpose for which they are used is commercial.
- subordinate legislation
means any Order in Council, order or warrant (other than an order made or a warrant issued by a court), scheme, rule, regulation, bye-law or other instrument.
- the 2014 Regulations
means the Marriage of Same Sex Couples (Conversion of Civil Partnership) Regulations 2014;
- United Kingdom national
means a person who is— (a) a British citizen, a British overseas territories citizen, a British overseas citizen or a British National (Overseas), (b) a British subject under the British Nationality Act 1981, or (c) a British protected person, within the meaning of that Act.