Part 3

Civil partnership: Scotland
Chapter 2

Registration

Place of registration
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1
Two people may be registered as civil partners of each other at a registration office or any other place which they and the local registration authority agree is to be the place of registration.
2
The place of registration may, if the approval of the Registrar General is obtained, be outwith the district of the authorised registrar carrying out the registration.
3
But the place must not be in religious premises, that is to say premises which—
a
are used solely or mainly for religious purposes, or
b
have been so used and have not subsequently been used solely or mainly for other purposes.
4
“Local registration authority” has the meaning given by section 5(3) of the 1965 Act.