The Enrolment of Deeds (Change of Name) (Amendment) Regulations 2005

• Citation: S.I. 2005/2056
• Sections: 2

Section 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.

Section 2

(1) The Enrolment of Deeds (Change of Name) Regulations 1994 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”.