Gender Recognition Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Gender Recognition (Marriage and Civil Partnership Registration) (Modification) (Scotland) Order 2016 and comes into force on 24th March 2016. Interpretation 2 In this Order— “the 1965 Act” means the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965 ; “the 2004 Act” means the Gender Recognition Act 2004; and “the 2016 Regulations” mean the Gender Recognition (Marriage and Civil Partnership Registration) (Scotland) Regulations 2016 . Modification of the operation of Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965 3 1 The operation of the 1965 Act , in relation to qualifying Scottish marriages registered under regulation 7 of the 2016 Regulations, is modified as follows. 2 The Registrar General must remove reference to the existing register of marriages entry in the alphabetical index of the entries in the register of marriages, for the purposes of section 38(1) of the 1965 Act (search of indexes kept by Registrar General). 3 The alphabetical index of the entries in the register of marriages that the district registrar has access to under section 39C of the 1965 Act (provision of information to district registrars) must no longer include reference to the existing register of marriages entry. 4 An extract of the existing register of marriages entry or copy of that entry (whichever is applicable) is not to be issued to a person under sections 37(1) (issuing of extracts of entries in current registers), 38(2)(b) (search of indexes kept by Registrar General) or 39D(1)(b) (searching of indexes and issuing of extracts by district registrars) of the 1965 Act unless that person is a party to the qualifying Scottish marriage. 5 The Registrar General must make traceable the connection between an existing register of marriages entry and a corresponding new register of marriages entry. 6 Information kept by the Registrar General for the purposes of paragraph (5) is not to be open to public inspection or search. 7 The Registrar General may disclose any such information only in accordance with paragraph (8). 8 Information is disclosed in accordance with this paragraph if disclosed— a under an order of the Court of Session or a sheriff; or b to a party to the qualifying Scottish Marriage. 9 In section 41A(2) of the 1965 Act (admissibility of registration information as evidence), where the extract issued is an extract of a new register of marriages entry it shall be sufficient evidence of the date the marriage recorded in that entry was solemnised only where that date is the same as it is on the corresponding existing register of marriages entry. 10 In this article— “existing register of marriages entry” and “new register of marriages entry” have the same meaning as in regulation 2 of the 2016 Regulations; “qualifying Scottish marriage” has the same meaning as in paragraph 20A(4) of Schedule 3 to the 2004 Act ; and “register of marriages” means the register of marriages provided by the Registrar General under section 32(1) of the 1965 Act . Modification of the operation of section 98 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 4 1 The operation of section 98 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 , in relation to qualifying Scottish civil partnerships registered under regulation 10 of the 2016 Regulations, is modified as follows. 2 The modifications made under— a article 3(2) and (4) to the operation of section 38 of the 1965 Act; and b article 3(3) to the operation of section 39C of that Act, apply in relation to the civil partnership register as they apply in relation to the register of marriages. 3 The Registrar General must make traceable the connection between an existing civil partnership register entry and a corresponding new civil partnership register entry. 4 Information kept by the Registrar General for the purposes of paragraph (3) is not to be open to public inspection or search. 5 The Registrar General may disclose any such information only in accordance with paragraph (6). 6 Information is disclosed in accordance with this paragraph if disclosed— a under an order of the Court of Session or a sheriff; or b to a party to the qualifying Scottish civil partnership. 7 In this article and article 5 — “civil partnership register” means the register established under section 95 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 ; “existing civil partnership register entry” and “ new civil partnership register entry” have the same meaning as in regulation 2 of the 2016 Regulations; “qualifying Scottish civil partnership” has the same meaning as in paragraph 20A(4) of Schedule 3 to the 2004 Act; and “register of marriages” means the register of marriages provided by the Registrar General under section 32(1) of the 1965 Act. Modification of the operation of section 41A of the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965 – civil partnerships 5 1 The operation of section 41A(1) of the 1965 Act (admissibility of registration information as evidence) in relation to qualifying Scottish civil partnerships registered under regulation 10 of the 2016 Regulations is modified as follows. 2 Where the extract issued is an extract of a new civil partnership register entry, it shall be sufficient evidence of the date the civil partnership recorded in that entry was registered only where that date is the same as it is on the corresponding existing civil partnership register entry. MARCO BIAGI Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 2nd February 2016