The Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Act 2022 (Commencement and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2023

Civil Partnership Schedule: England and Wales

10.  Where—

(a) a civil partnership schedule has been issued under section 14(1) of the 2004 Act before the relevant date;

(b) the proposed civil partners have not registered as civil partners by signing the civil partnership schedule before the relevant date; and

(c) either or both proposed civil partners are under the age of 18 years on the relevant date and will remain under the age of 18 for the entirety of the applicable period as determined by section 17(4) of the 2004 Act,

the notices of the proposed civil partnership and the civil partnership schedule are void and no civil partnership registrar may officiate at the signing of the civil partnership schedule by them.

(1)

Section 14 was amended by paragraph 26(1) of Part 2 of Schedule 4 to the Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22).