Civil Partnership: Registrar General’s licence
12. Where—
(a)a Registrar General’s licence has been issued under section 25 of the 2004 Act before the relevant date;
(b)the proposed civil partners do not register as civil partners by signing the licence before the relevant date; and
(c)either or both proposed civil partners are under the age of 18 years on the relevant date and will remain under the age of 18 for the entirety of the period during which registration may take place under section 27 of the 2004 Act,
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.