Part 4Civil partnership: Northern Ireland

Chapter 1Registration

Preliminaries to registration

I1140Civil partnership notice book and list of intended civil partnerships

1

The registrar must keep a record of—

a

such particulars as may be prescribed, taken from each civil partnership notice received by him, and

b

the date on which each civil partnership notice is received by him.

2

In this Chapter “civil partnership notice book” means the record kept under subsection (1).

3

The registrar must, in accordance with any guidance issued by the Registrar General, place on public display a list containing in relation to each proposed civil partnership in respect of which the registrar has received a civil partnership notice—

a

the names of the proposed civil partners, and

b

the date on which it is intended to register them as civil partners of each other.

4

As soon as practicable after the date mentioned in subsection (3) the registrar must remove from the list the names and the date mentioned in that subsection.

5

Any person claiming that he may have reason to make an objection to a proposed civil partnership may inspect any entry relating to the civil partnership in the civil partnership notice book without charge.