{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-registration-provisions-regulations-2005/regulation-8",
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  "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/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Shortening of the waiting period by the registration authority",
  "text": "A registration authority may shorten the waiting period on behalf of the Registrar General if —\n(a) there has been an unavoidable delay in recording the notice of proposed civil partnership in accordance with section 8(5) of the 2004 Act; and\n(b) in consequence of that delay, the proposed civil partners will be unable to form a civil partnership on the date which had been agreed with the authorised person when the notice of proposed civil partnership was attested.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 8 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/8",
    "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."
}