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Section 21: Notice of proposed civil partnership

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

Part 2: Civil partnership: England and Wales — Chapter 1: Registration

For two people to register as civil partners of each other under the special procedure, one of them must—

give a notice of proposed civil partnership to the registration authority for the area in which it is proposed that the registration take place, and
comply with any requirement made under section 22.

The notice must contain such information as may be prescribed by regulations.

Subsections (3) to (6) of section 8 (necessary declaration etc.), apart from paragraph (b) of subsection (4), apply for the purposes of this section as they apply for the purposes of that section.

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