Part 2Civil partnership: England and Wales

Chapter 1Registration

The standard procedure

14AF1Notice of proposed civil partnership: false information or evidence

1

A registration authority may refuse to issue a civil partnership schedule under section 14(1) in a case where—

a

notice of a proposed civil partnership has been given under section 8, and

b

a registration authority has reasonable grounds for suspecting that a relevant decision was made incorrectly because of the provision of false information or evidence.

2

If a registration authority refuses to issue the schedule, the parties to the proposed civil partnership are to be taken not to have given notice under section 8; but that does not prevent criminal proceedings from being brought against either party, or any other person, in relation to the giving of the notice.

3

This section does not limit the powers of registration authorities to refuse to issue civil partnership schedules.

4

In this section—

  • “evidence” includes a photograph or other image;

  • “exempt person” has the same meaning as in section 12A;

  • “relevant decision” means a decision of a registration authority that a party to the proposed civil partnership is an exempt person.