# Civil Partnership (Registration Abroad and Certificates) Order 2005, Article 15: Transmission to UK of certificates of overseas relationships


(1) A United Kingdom national who has registered an overseas relationship may request the civil partnership officer for the consular district in which that overseas relationship was registered to transmit the certificate of that overseas relationship to the Registrar General for England and Wales, the Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages for Scotland, or the Registrar General in Northern Ireland.
(2) A certificate of an overseas relationship presented under paragraph (1) shall be accompanied by a translation into English, if not already in English.
(3) The civil partnership officer shall, if he is satisfied that the certificate has been duly issued by the appropriate authority and that the translation is a true one, transmit the said certificate and translation, together with his own certificate regarding the accuracy of the translation, to the Registrar General for England and Wales, the Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages for Scotland or the Registrar General in Northern Ireland, as appropriate.
(4) Any person shall be entitled to obtain, from the Registrar General for England and Wales, from the Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages for Scotland, or from the Registrar General in Northern Ireland, a certified copy of any document transmitted to him under paragraph (3) on payment of a fee in respect of the provision of the copy and any necessary search for the document.
(5) The fee payable under paragraph (4) shall be the same fee as is for the time being charged by that Registrar General for the provision of a certified copy of, and any necessary search for, an entry in the records in his custody of civil partnerships.
(6) A certified copy provided by the Registrar General under paragraph (4) of an entry in the register shall be sufficient evidence of the formation of an overseas relationship.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2761/article/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-registration-abroad-and-certificates-order-2005/article-15
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