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(a)section 10 (proposed civil partnership to be publicised);

(b)section 11 (meaning of “the waiting period”);

(c)section 12 (power to shorten the waiting period).

(2)In section 14 (issue of civil partnership schedule), for subsection (1) substitute—

(1)As soon as the notices of proposed civil partnership have been given, the registration authority in whose area it is proposed that the registration take place must, at the request of one or both of the proposed civil partners, issue a document to be known as a “civil partnership schedule”.

(3)For section 17 (period during which registration may take place) substitute—

17Period during which registration may take place

(1)The proposed civil partners may register as civil partners by signing the civil partnership schedule at any time during the applicable period.

(2)If they do not register as civil partners by signing the civil partnership schedule before the end of the applicable period—

(a)the notices of proposed civil partnership and the civil partnership schedule are void, and

(b)no civil partnership registrar may officiate at the signing of the civil partnership schedule by them.

(3)The applicable period, in relation to two people registering as civil partners of each other, is the period of 1 month beginning with—

(a)the day on which the notices of proposed civil partnership are given, or

(b)if the notices are not given on the same day, the earlier of those days.

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