# Civil Partnership Act 2004, Section 27: Period during which registration may take place


(1) If a Registrar General’s licence has been issued under section 25, the proposed civil partners may register as civil partners by signing it at any time within 1 month from the day on which the notice of proposed civil partnership was given.
(2) If they do not register as civil partners by signing the licence within the 1 month period—
(a) the notice of proposed civil partnership and the licence are void, and
(b) no civil partnership registrar may officiate at the signing of the licence by them.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/33/section/27 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-act-2004/section-27
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