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Section 140: Civil partnership notice book and list of intended civil partnerships

Civil Partnership Act 2004 · 2004 c. 33View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 4: Civil partnership: Northern Ireland — Chapter 1: Registration

The registrar must keep a record of—

such particulars as may be prescribed, taken from each civil partnership notice received by him, and
the date on which each civil partnership notice is received by him.

In this Chapter “civil partnership notice book” means the record kept under subsection (1).

But the registrar must not enter the particulars relating to the civil partnership in the civil partnership notice book in a case where any of the requirements imposed by or under any of the following provisions of this Act is applicable but not complied with—

section 139A(2) to (7);
section 139B(3) or (5);
section 141 so far as that requirement relates to evidence of nationality;
paragraph 13 of Schedule 23.

Where the registrar may not enter the particulars relating to the civil partnership notice book as mentioned in subsection (2A) the parties are to be taken not to have given notice under section 139.

The registrar must, in accordance with any guidance issued by the Registrar General, place on public display a list containing in relation to each proposed civil partnership in respect of which the registrar has received a civil partnership notice—

the names of the proposed civil partners, and
the date on which it is intended to register them as civil partners of each other.

As soon as practicable after the date mentioned in subsection (3) the registrar must remove from the list the names and the date mentioned in that subsection.

Any person claiming that he may have reason to make an objection to a proposed civil partnership may inspect any entry relating to the civil partnership in the civil partnership notice book without charge.

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