2.—(1) The Registrar General may, on request, search the Registrar General’s civil partnership register and provide the information contained in an entry in that register, in portable document format.
(2) A request for the Registrar General to undertake a search and provide information under paragraph (1) must—
(a)be made via the public website known as www.gov.uk, and
(b)indicate whether the information is required by way of standard service or expedited service.
(3) Subject to paragraph (4), a record of the information provided under paragraph (1) shall not include the full addresses of the civil partners unless the applicant has provided the Registrar General with the full addresses of both civil partners as listed in that record, at the time of the application.
(4) Paragraph (3) shall not apply on and after the first of January in the year following the 50th anniversary of the formation of the civil partnership.