Civil Partnership Act 2004

Pre-condition for making entry in civil partnership notice book etc.

10 (1) Where the district registrar to whom notice is submitted by virtue of paragraph 9(1) is the district registrar for the proposed place of registration, he shall neither—

(a) make an entry under section 89, nor

(b) complete a civil partnership schedule under section 94,

in respect of the proposed civil partnership unless satisfied, by the provision of specified evidence, that the intended civil partner subject to immigration control fulfils the qualifying condition.

(2) Where the district registrar to whom notice is so submitted (here the “notified registrar”) is not the district registrar for the proposed place of registration (here the “second registrar”)—

(a) the notified registrar shall, if satisfied as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (1), send the notices and any fee, certificate or declaration which accompanied them, to the second registrar, and

(b) the second registrar shall be treated as having received the notices from the intended partners on the dates on which the notified registrar received them.

(3) “Specified evidence” means such evidence as may be specified in guidance issued by the Secretary of State after consultation with the Registrar General.