[F1124AProvisions relating to civil partnership: England and WalesU.K.
(1)Regulations made by the Registrar General under section 36 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 may provide for the furnishing by registration authorities, subject to the payment of the prescribed fee, of such information for the purposes mentioned in section 124(1) above as may be so prescribed.
(2)Where the civil partnership of a person is required to be ascertained or proved for those purposes, any person—
(a)on presenting to the registration authority for the area in which the civil partnership was formed a request in the prescribed manner in that behalf, and
(b)on payment of the prescribed fee,
shall be entitled to obtain a certified copy of such entries in the register as are prescribed by regulations made under section 36 of the 2004 Act.
(3)“The prescribed fee” means any fee prescribed under section 34(1) of the 2004 Act.
(4)“The prescribed manner” means—
(a)in accordance with any regulations made under section 36 of the 2004 Act, and
(b)in such form as is approved by the Registrar General for England and Wales,
and forms for making a request under subsection (2) shall, on request, be supplied without charge by registration authorities.]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 124A, 124B inserted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Overseas Relationships and Consequential, etc. Amendments) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3129), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 4(1)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Ss. 124-124B modified by Pension Schemes Act 1993 (c. 48), s. 167(5) (as substituted (5.12.2006) by S.I. 2005/3129, Sch. 1 para. 5)