{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-act-2004/section-52",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-act-2004/section-52.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2004/33",
  "legislation_title": "Civil Partnership Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-act-2004",
  "path": "section/52",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "52",
  "heading": "Proof of certain matters not necessary to validity of civil partnership",
  "text": "(1) Where two people have registered as civil partners of each other in England and Wales, it is not necessary in support of the civil partnership to give any proof—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(aa) that before the registration either of the civil partners resided, or resided for any period, in the area stated in the notices of proposed civil partnership to be the area of that person's place of residence; or\n(ab) that, in the case of a civil partnership to which Schedule 3A applied, any of the events listed in paragraph 2(2) to (6) of that Schedule occurred.\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\nand no evidence is to be given to prove the contrary in any proceedings touching the validity of the civil partnership.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 52(1)(a) omitted (27.2.2023) by virtue of Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Act 2022 (c. 28), s. 7(1), Sch. para. 4(7)(a) (with s. 8); S.I. 2023/88, reg. 2 (with regs. 3-17)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 52(1)(aa) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership (Amendments to Registration Provisions) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2000), art. 3, Sch. para. 15(2) (subject to art. 1(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 52(1)(ab) and word inserted (1.3.2015) by Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22), s. 75(3), Sch. 4 para. 29(b) (with Sch. 9 para. 66); S.I. 2015/371, art. 2(1)(f)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 52(1)(b) omitted (5.12.2005) by virtue of The Civil Partnership (Amendments to Registration Provisions) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2000), art. 3, Sch. para. 15(3) (subject to art. 1(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 52(2) omitted (27.2.2023) by virtue of Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Act 2022 (c. 28), s. 7(1), Sch. para. 4(7)(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/52",
    "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."
}