Part 2Civil partnership: England and Wales
Chapter 1Registration
The special procedure
27Period during which registration may take place
(1)
If a Registrar General’s licence has been issued under section 25, the proposed civil partners may register as civil partners by signing it at any time within 1 month from the day on which the notice of proposed civil partnership was given.
(2)
If they do not register as civil partners by signing the licence within the 1 month period—
(a)
the notice of proposed civil partnership and the licence are void, and
(b)
no civil partnership registrar may officiate at the signing of the licence by them.