Section 33 Offences relating to the recording of civil partnerships
England and Wales
A civil partnership registrar commits an offence if he refuses or fails to comply with the provisions of this Chapter or of any regulations made under section 36.
A civil partnership registrar guilty of an offence under subsection (1) is liable—
on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to a fine (or both);
on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;
and on conviction shall cease to be a civil partnership registrar.
A person commits an offence if—
under arrangements made by a registration authority for the purposes of section 2(4), he is under a duty to record information required to be recorded under section 2(4), but
he refuses or without reasonable cause omits to do so.
A person guilty of an offence under subsection (3) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
A person commits an offence if he records in the register information relating to the formation of a civil partnership by the signing of a civil partnership schedule, knowing that the civil partnership is void under section 49(b) F1....
A person guilty of an offence under subsection (5) is liable on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or to a fine (or both).
A person commits an offence if he records in the register information relating to the formation of a civil partnership by the signing of a Registrar General’s licence, knowing that the civil partnership is void under section 49(b) F2....
A person guilty of an offence under subsection (7) is liable—
on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or to a fine (or both);
on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum.
A prosecution under subsection (5) or (7) may not be commenced more than 3 years after the commission of the offence.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in s. 33(5) omitted (27.2.2023) by virtue of Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Act 2022 (c. 28), s. 7(1), Sch. para. 4(5)(a) (with s. 8); S.I. 2023/88, reg. 2 (with regs. 3-17)
- F2
Words in s. 33(7) omitted (27.2.2023) by virtue of Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Act 2022 (c. 28), s. 7(1), Sch. para. 4(5)(b) (with s. 8); S.I. 2023/88, reg. 2 (with regs. 3-17)