Part 2

Civil partnership: England and Wales
Chapter 1

Registration

The special procedure

Period during which registration may take place
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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.