Point in time view as at 04/05/2006.
Civil Partnership Act 2004, Section 137 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 09 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
(1)For the purposes of section 1, two people are to be regarded as having registered as civil partners of each other once each of them has signed the civil partnership schedule in the presence of—
(a)each other,
(b)two witnesses both of whom profess to be 16 or over, and
(c)the registrar.
(2)Subsection (1) applies regardless of whether subsections (3) and (4) are complied with.
(3)After the civil partnership schedule has been signed under subsection (1), it must also be signed, in the presence of the civil partners and each other, by—
(a)each of the two witnesses, and
(b)the registrar.
(4)After the witnesses and the registrar have signed the civil partnership schedule, the registrar must cause the registration of the civil partnership to be recorded as soon as practicable.
(5)No religious service is to be used while the registrar is officiating at the signing of a civil partnership schedule.
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