Article 10 Registration

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

art. 10(2) words substituted by Civil Partnership (Registration Abroad and Certificates) 2014 art. 5(a)
art. 10(4)(b)(iii) word substituted by Civil Partnership (Registration Abroad and Certificates) 2014 art. 5(b)
art. 10(4)(c)(ii) word substituted by Civil Partnership (Registration Abroad and Certificates) 2014 art. 5(c)
art. 10(5) omitted by Civil Partnership (Registration Abroad and Certificates) 2014 art. 5(d)
art. 10(6) words omitted by Civil Partnership (Registration Abroad and Certificates) 2014 art. 5(e)(i)
art. 10(6) words substituted by Civil Partnership (Registration Abroad and Certificates) 2014 art. 5(e)(ii)

(1)

After the fourteen day period in article 5(2) has elapsed, two people may register as civil partners of each other while the notice which they have given under article 5(1) has not expired under article 9(1).

(2)

Two people can only register as civil partners of each other in the presence of the civil partnership officer at his official house in the presence of two witnesses, at a time to be set by the civil partnership officer between the hours of 8 am and 6 pm (local time).

(3)

The civil partnership document shall be signed by—

(a)

the two persons registering as civil partners of each other,

(b)

two witnesses, and

(c)

the civil partnership officer.

(4)

The civil partnership document shall contain the following information—

(a)

date and place of registration,

(b)

for each of the two persons registering as civil partners of each other—

(i)

name,

(ii)

nationality,

(iii)

residence,

(iv)

date of birth,

(v)

place of birth,

(c)

for each of the two witnesses—

(i)

name,

(ii)

residence,

(d)

for the civil partnership officer—

(i)

name.

(5)

Every place within the curtilage or precincts of the building which is for the time being used as the office of the civil partnership officer shall be part of his official house and every place to which the public have ordinary access in such official house shall be deemed to be part of the office of the civil partnership officer.

(6)

A certificate of the Secretary of State as to any house or other place being, or being part of, the official house of a civil partnership officer shall be conclusive.