Any person may at any time before the registration in Scotland of two people as civil partners of each other submit in writing an objection to such registration to the district registrar.
For the purpose of subsection (1), an objection which is submitted to the registrar by electronic means is to be treated as in writing if it is received in a form which is legible and capable of being used for subsequent reference.
But where the objection is that the intended civil partners are not eligible to be in civil partnership with each other because either is incapable of—
it shall not be treated as submitted until there has also been produced to the registrar a supporting certificate attested in the prescribed manner by a registered medical practitioner.
A person claiming that he may have reason to submit such an objection may, free of charge and at any time when the registration office of the district registrar is open for public business, inspect any relevant entry in the civil partnership book.
Where the district registrar receives an objection in accordance with subsection (1) he must—
If the Registrar General is satisfied, on consideration of an objection of which he has received notification under subsection (4)(b)(i) that—
For the purposes of this section and section 94, there is a legal impediment to registration where the intended civil partners are not eligible to be in civil partnership with each other.