{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-registration-abroad-and-certificates-order-2005/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/2761",
  "legislation_title": "Civil Partnership (Registration Abroad and Certificates) Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-registration-abroad-and-certificates-order-2005",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Formation of civil partnership by registration",
  "text": "(1) Two people are to be regarded as having registered as civil partners of each other under this Order once each of them has signed the civil partnership document in accordance with article 10.\n(2) No religious service is to be used while the civil partnership officer is officiating at the signing of a civil partnership document.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2761/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:49:20.867715+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."
}