Part 2Civil partnership: England and Wales

Chapter 1Registration

Registration procedure: general

7The civil partnership document

1

In this Part “the civil partnership document” means—

a

in relation to the special procedure, a Registrar General’s licence, and

b

in relation to any other procedure, a civil partnership schedule.

2

Before two people are entitled to register as civil partners of each other—

a

the civil partnership document must be delivered to the civil partnership registrar, and

b

the civil partnership registrar may then ask them for any information required (under section 2(4)) to be recorded in the register.