Where—
the district registrar has received a notice of proposed civil partnership in respect of each of the intended civil partners and—
is satisfied that there is no legal impediment to their registration as civil partners of each other, or
as the case may be, is informed under section 92(5)(b) that there is no such impediment,
the 28 days mentioned in paragraph (b) of section 90(2) have expired (or as the case may be the date which, by virtue of section 91(1), that paragraph is to be construed as a reference to has been reached), and
the period which has elapsed since the day of receipt of the notices by him (or, if the two notices were not received on the same day, since the day of receipt of the later) does not exceed 3 months,
he is to complete a civil partnership schedule in the prescribed form.
In the case of a civil partnership to be registered by an approved celebrant, the civil partnership schedule completed in accordance with subsection (1) is to be issued by the district registrar to one or both of the parties to the intended civil partnership.
The district registrar may not issue the civil partnership schedule on a date earlier than 7 days before the date of the intended civil partnership unless authorised to do so by the Registrar General.