Act of Parliament

Latest news on the Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration Etc.) Act 2019

Following agreement by both Houses on the text of the Bill it received Royal Assent on 23 March. The Bill is now an Act of Parliament (law).

Summary of the Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration Etc.) Act 2019

To make provision about the registration of marriage; to make provision for the extension of civil partnerships to couples not of the same sex; to make provision for a report on the registration of pregnancy loss; to make provision about the investigation of still-births; and for connected purposes.