Part 2

Civil partnership: England and Wales
Chapter 1

Registration

The standard procedure

Specified evidence
9E
1
The Registrar General may make regulations about the evidence that is required to be given for the purposes of section 9.
2
The Secretary of State may make regulations about the evidence that is required to be given for the purposes of section 9A.
3
Regulations under this section may, in particular, make provision about—
a
the kind of evidence which is to be supplied;
b
the form in which evidence is to be supplied;
c
the manner in which evidence is to be supplied;
d
the period within which evidence is to be supplied;
e
the supply of further evidence;
f
the sufficiency of evidence supplied;
g
the consequences of failing to supply sufficient evidence in accordance with the regulations (including provision to secure that, in such a case, a particular decision is made or is to be treated as having been made);
h
the retention or copying of evidence supplied.
4
In this section “
evidence
” includes a photograph or other image.
5
The Registrar General must obtain the approval of the Secretary of State before making regulations under this section.
6
The Secretary of State must consult the Registrar General before making regulations under this section.
Ss. 9-9F substituted for s. 9 (20.10.2014 for specified purposes, 1.3.2015 in so far as not already in force) by Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22), s. 75(3), Sch. 4 para. 21 (with Sch. 9 para. 66); S.I. 2014/2771, art. 3(e); S.I. 2015/371, art. 2(1)(f)