Civil Partnership Act 2004

[F114ANotice of proposed civil partnership: false information or evidenceE+W
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(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.]

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