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Section 27: Period during which registration may take place

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

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

If a Registrar General’s licence has been issued under section 25, the proposed civil partners may register as civil partners by signing it at any time within 1 month from the day on which the notice of proposed civil partnership was given.

If they do not register as civil partners by signing the licence within the 1 month period—

the notice of proposed civil partnership and the licence are void, and
no civil partnership registrar may officiate at the signing of the licence by them.

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