… of the Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc) Act 2019

The Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc) Act 2019, (“the Act”) was granted Royal Assent on 26th March 2019; however, since this is comprised of enabling provisions, additional secondary legislation is necessary before these provisions pass into law. The first –  The Draft Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019 – has now been laid before Parliament, but as with the other provisions, it is subject to the affirmative resolution procedure, which is problematic in view of the associated time constraints (see 3.1 below). An earlier post summarized the Act and the provisions which require secondary legislation: registration of marriages and civil partnerships; civil partnerships for opposite sex couples; registration of pregnancy loss; and coroners’ investigations into stillbirths. Continue reading →