Part 2

Civil partnership: England and Wales
Chapter 1

Registration

The special procedure

Evidence to be produced
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1
The person giving a notice of proposed civil partnership to a registration authority under the special procedure must produce to the authority such evidence as the Registrar General may require to satisfy him—
a
that there is no lawful impediment to the formation of the civil partnership,
b
that the conditions in subsection (2) are met, and
c
that there is sufficient reason why a licence should be granted.
2
The conditions are that one of the proposed civil partners—
a
is seriously ill and not expected to recover, and
b
understands the nature and purport of signing a Registrar General’s licence.
3
The certificate of a registered medical practitioner is sufficient evidence of any or all of the matters referred to in subsection (2).