Notification by registration officer in respect of service declaration
19.—(1) Where the registration officer is satisfied that the service declaration is duly made he shall so notify the declarant.
(2) Where the registration officer rejects an application for registration in pursuance of a service declaration because it—
(a)does not contain the particulars required in paragraphs (a) to (f) of section 16 of the 1983 Act and regulation 17; or
(b)does not comply with the requirements of sections 14 and 15 of the 1983 Act(1) or, where appropriate, regulation 17 or 18,
he shall return the declaration to the declarant setting out his reasons for so doing.
Sections 14 and 15 were amended by Schedule 1 to the 2000 Act; section 14 was amended by section 261(1) of, and paragraph 80 of Schedule 27 to, the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c.33) and section 15(5)(a) was amended by S.I.1995/1948, section 15(2)(aa) was inserted by section 12(7) of the 2006 Act and subsections (9) to (12) were inserted by section 13 of that Act.