Commentary on Sections Schedule 27 - Minor and consequential amendments Paragraph 21 - Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Special Provisions) Act 1957 (c. 58)
933.Section 1 of the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Special Provisions) Act 1957 confers power to provide by Order in Council for the recording of births, deaths and marriages among the armed forces outside the United Kingdom. Paragraph 21 extends the Act so as to apply also to the recording of civil partnerships.