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Section 155: Searches

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

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

The Registrar General must provide indexes to civil partnership registration records in his custody for inspection by the public.

A registrar must provide indexes to civil partnership registration records in his custody for inspection by the public.

Any person may, on payment of the prescribed fee—

search any index mentioned in subsection (1) or (2), and
require the Registrar General or, as the case may be, the registrar to give him a document in the prescribed form relating to the registration of a civil partnership.

The Registrar General must cause any document given by him under this section or section 156 to be stamped with the seal of the General Register Office.

Judicial notice shall be taken of any document so stamped.

Regulations under section 159 may make provision for any person to have access, on payment of the prescribed fee, to any information contained in any civil partnership registration records.

Regulations under section 159 may provide that the relevant period must have expired in relation to the information.

In subsection (7) “the relevant period” in relation to a civil partnership means the period of 75 years from the date on which the civil partnership was registered or such other period as may be prescribed.

Regulations under section 159 may provide for the Registrar General—

to make arrangements with any person for the purpose of providing access to information as mentioned in subsection (6); and
for that purpose to transfer information to that person subject to conditions (including conditions as to the making of payments by that person to the Registrar General).

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