Part 4

Civil partnership: Northern Ireland
Chapter 1

Registration

Preliminaries to registration

Power to require evidence of name etc.
141
1
A registrar to whom a civil partnership notice is given may require the person giving it to provide him with specified evidence relating to each proposed civil partner.
2
Such a requirement may be imposed at any time before the registrar issues the civil partnership schedule under section 143.
3
“Specified evidence”, in relation to a person, means such evidence as may be specified in guidance issued by the Registrar General—
a
of the person’s name and surname,
b
of the person’s age,
c
as to whether the person is or has been a civil partner or lawfully married, and
d
of the person’s nationality.