# Civil Partnership Act 2004, Section 33: Offences relating to the recording of civil partnerships

Extent: E+W

(1) 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.
(2) A civil partnership registrar guilty of an offence under subsection (1) is liable—
(a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to a fine (or both);
(b) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;
and on conviction shall cease to be a civil partnership registrar.
(3) A person commits an offence if—
(a) 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
(b) he refuses or without reasonable cause omits to do so.
(4) 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.
(5) 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) ....
(6) 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).
(7) 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) ....
(8) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (7) is liable—
(a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or to a fine (or both);
(b) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum.
(9) A prosecution under subsection (5) or (7) may not be commenced more than 3 years after the commission of the offence.

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