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.