{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-act-2004/section-23",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-act-2004/section-23.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2004/33",
  "legislation_title": "Civil Partnership Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-act-2004",
  "path": "section/23",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Application to be reported to Registrar General",
  "text": "On receiving a notice of proposed civil partnership under section 21 and any evidence under section 22, the registration authority must—\n(a) inform the Registrar General, and\n(b) comply with any directions the Registrar General may give for verifying the evidence given.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/33/section/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:16:53.191982+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}