Part 2

Civil partnership: England and Wales
Chapter 1

Registration

The standard procedure

Notice of proposed civil partnership: false information or evidence
14A
1
A registration authority may refuse to issue a civil partnership schedule under section 14(1) in a case where—
a
notice of a proposed civil partnership has been given under section 8, and
b
a registration authority has reasonable grounds for suspecting that a relevant decision was made incorrectly because of the provision of false information or evidence.
2
If a registration authority refuses to issue the schedule, the parties to the proposed civil partnership are to be taken not to have given notice under section 8; but that does not prevent criminal proceedings from being brought against either party, or any other person, in relation to the giving of the notice.
3
This section does not limit the powers of registration authorities to refuse to issue civil partnership schedules.
4
In this section—
- “
evidence
” includes a photograph or other image;
- “
exempt person
” has the same meaning as in section 12A;
- “
relevant decision
” means a decision of a registration authority that a party to the proposed civil partnership is an exempt person.
S. 14A inserted (1.3.2015) by Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22), s. 75(3), Sch. 4 para. 26(2) (with Sch. 9 para. 66); S.I. 2015/371, art. 2(1)(f)