{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-act-2004/section-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-act-2004/section-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2004/33",
  "legislation_title": "Civil Partnership Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-act-2004",
  "path": "section/5",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Types of pre-registration procedure",
  "text": "(1) Two people may register as civil partners of each other under—\n(a) the standard procedure;\n(b) the procedure for house-bound persons;\n(c) the procedure for detained persons;\n(d) the special procedure (which is for cases where a person is seriously ill and not expected to recover).\n(2) The procedures referred to in subsection (1)(a) to (c) are subject to—\n(a) section 20 (modified procedures for certain non-residents);\n(b) Schedule 3 (former spouses one of whom has changed sex).\n(3) The procedures referred to in subsection (1) (including the procedures as modified by section 20 and Schedule 3) are subject to—\n(a) Part 2 of Schedule 1 (provisions applicable in connection with prohibited degrees of relationship), ...\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) This section is also subject to section 249 and Schedule 23 (immigration control and formation of civil partnerships).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in s. 5(3)(a) omitted (27.2.2023) by virtue of Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Act 2022 (c. 28), s. 7(1), Sch. para. 4(2)(a) (with s. 8); S.I. 2023/88, reg. 2 (with regs. 3-17)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 5(3)(b) omitted (27.2.2023) by virtue of Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Act 2022 (c. 28), s. 7(1), Sch. para. 4(2)(b) (with s. 8); S.I. 2023/88, reg. 2 (with regs. 3-17)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/33/section/5",
    "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."
}