Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33)

Part 2 U.K. Civil partnership: England and Wales

Chapter 1 U.K. Registration

Registration procedure: general E+W

6 Place of registration E+W

(1) The place at which two people may register as civil partners of each other—

(a) must be in England or Wales,

(b) F1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c) must be specified in the notices, or notice, of proposed civil partnership required by this Chapter.

(2) F2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F3 (3) Subsections (3A) and (3B) apply in the case of registration under the standard procedure (including that procedure modified as mentioned in section 5).

(3A) The place must be—

(a) on approved premises, or

(b) in a register office.

(3B) If it is in a register office, the place must be open to any person wishing to attend the registration.

(3C) In this Chapter “register office” means a register office provided under section 10 of the Registration Service Act 1953.]

(4) F4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(5) F4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 6(1)(b) repealed (5.4.2011) by Equality Act 2010 (c. 15), ss. 202(2), 211(2), 216(3), Sch. 27 Pt. 1 (as substituted by S.I. 2010/2279, art. 13, Sch. 2) (with ss. 6(4), 205); S.I. 2011/1066, art. 2(h); S.I. 2011/2646, art. 2

F2 S. 6(2) repealed (5.4.2011) by Equality Act 2010 (c. 33), ss. 202(2), 211(2), 216(3), Sch. 27 Pt. 1 (as substituted by S.I. 2010/2279, art. 13, Sch. 2) (with ss. 6(4), 205; S.I. 2011/1066, art. 2(h); S.I. 2011/2646, art. 2

F3 S. 6(3)-(3C) substituted (5.12.2005) for s. 6(3) by The Civil Partnership (Amendments to Registration Provisions) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2000), art. 3, Sch. para. 2(2) (subject to art. 1(3))

F4 S. 6(4)(5) omitted (5.12.2005) by virtue of The Civil Partnership (Amendments to Registration Provisions) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2000), art. 3, Sch. para. 2(3) (subject to art. 1(3))