Civil partnership referred to Secretary of State: issue of civil partnership schedule
295.Paragraph 26 inserts a new section 14A (notice of proposed civil partnership: false information or evidence) in the Civil Partnership Act 2004.
296.The new section 14A provides that, where notice of a proposed civil partnership has been given under section 8, the registration authority may refuse to issue the civil partnership schedule where there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that an incorrect decision was made because false information or evidence was provided.