{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-registration-provisions-regulations-2005/regulation-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-registration-provisions-regulations-2005/regulation-17.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/3176",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Partnership (Registration Provisions) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-registration-provisions-regulations-2005",
  "path": "regulation/17",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Retention of documents relating to civil partnerships",
  "text": "(1) A registration authority shall—\n(a) retain all notices of proposed civil partnership for a minimum period of 5 years;\n(b) forward the civil partnership documents to the Registrar General at such time as she may require.\n(2) The Registrar General shall retain the civil partnership documents together with other records kept by her.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 17 in force at 5.12.2005, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/3176/regulation/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:45:42.258467+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."
}