This section applies where—
A may submit a notice of intention to register under section 88 as if A and B intended to register as civil partners in the district in which A resides.
If the district registrar is satisfied (after consultation, if he considers it necessary, with the Registrar General) that there is no impediment (in terms of section 92(6)) to A registering as B’s civil partner, he must issue a certificate to A in the prescribed form that there is not known to be any such impediment.
But the certificate may not be issued to A earlier than 28 days after the receipt (as entered in the civil partnership notice book) of the notice under subsection (2) unless—
Any person may, at any time before a certificate is issued under subsection (3), submit to the district registrar an objection in writing to its issue.
For the purposes of subsection (5), an objection which is submitted 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.
Any objection made under subsection (5) must be taken into account by the district registrar in deciding whether he is satisfied that there is no legal impediment to A registering as B’s civil partner.