A religious or belief civil partnership may be registered only on the date and at the place specified in the civil partnership schedule.
But if, for any reason, the civil partnership cannot be registered on that date or at that place and a new date or place is fixed for the registration, the district registrar must—
Subsection (2) does not apply where—
In a case falling within subsection (3)(a) or (b) the Registrar General may, according to the circumstances—
(whichever the Registrar General considers the more appropriate), or