Part 2

Civil partnership: England and Wales
Chapter 1

Registration

Supplementary

Offences relating to civil partnership schedule
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1
A person commits an offence if he issues a civil partnership schedule knowing that he does so—
a
before the waiting period in relation to each notice of proposed civil partnership has expired,
b
after the end of the applicable period, or
c
at a time when its issue has been forbidden under Schedule 2 by a person entitled to forbid its issue.
2
A person commits an offence if, in his actual or purported capacity as a civil partnership registrar, he officiates at the signing of a civil partnership schedule by proposed civil partners knowing that he does so—
a
at a place other than the place specified in the notices of proposed civil partnership and the civil partnership schedule,
b
in the absence of a civil partnership registrar,
c
before the waiting period in relation to each notice of proposed civil partnership has expired, or
d
even though the civil partnership is void under section 49(b) or (c).
3
A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) or (2) is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or to a fine (or both).
4
A prosecution under this section may not be commenced more than 3 years after the commission of the offence.