The Civil Partnership (Registration Provisions) Regulations 2005
1Citation and commencement
2Interpretation
3Forms of notice of proposed civil partnership
4Information in and manner of making statements in relation to housebound or detained persons
5Declaration for proposed civil partnership of certain persons related by affinity
6Issue of the civil partnership document by the registration authority
7Applications to the Registrar General to shorten the waiting period
8Shortening of the waiting period by the registration authority
9Contents of civil partnership document
10Verification and amendment of contents of civil partnership document at formation of civil partnership
11Information to be recorded in the register
12Completion of forms
13Searches of indexes of civil partnership records kept by the Registrar General and issue of copies
14Searches of indexes of civil partnership records kept by registration authorities and issue of copies
15Access to civil partnership records
16Unrestricted access to civil partnership records
17Retention of documents relating to civil partnerships
18Duties of the civil partnership registrar and the authorised person
19Corrections of errors generally
20Correction of errors
SCHEDULE 1Prescribed forms
SCHEDULE 2

2005 No. 3176

CIVIL PARTNERSHIP, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Civil Partnership (Registration Provisions) Regulations 2005

Made

Coming into force

The Registrar General, in exercise of powers conferred upon her by sections 2(4), 8(2), 12(2) and (3)(a), 14(2), 18(4), 19(5), 21(2), 25(5), 36(1), 36(2)(a) to (d) and (f), 36(3) of, and paragraph 5(3) of Schedule 1 to, the Civil Partnership Act 2004,1 with the approval of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, makes the following Regulations: