Her Majesty may by Order in Council make provision in relation to cases where—
two people wish to register as civil partners of each other in England and Wales (under Chapter 1 of Part 2), and
one of them (“A”) is an officer, seaman or marine borne on the books of one of Her Majesty's ships at sea and the other is resident in England and Wales,
for the issue to A, by the captain or other officer in command of the ship, of a certificate of no impediment.
The Order may provide for the issue of the certificate to be subject to the giving of such notice and the making of such declarations as may be prescribed.
A certificate of no impediment is a certificate that no legal impediment to the formation of the civil partnership has been shown to the . . . officer issuing the certificate to exist.
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