Part 2Civil partnership: England and Wales

Chapter 1Registration

The special procedure

22Evidence to be produced

1

The person giving a notice of proposed civil partnership to a registration authority under the special procedure must produce to the authority such evidence as the Registrar General may require to satisfy him—

a

that there is no lawful impediment to the formation of the civil partnership,

b

that the conditions in subsection (2) are met, and

c

that there is sufficient reason why a licence should be granted.

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The conditions are that one of the proposed civil partners—

a

is seriously ill and not expected to recover,

b

cannot be moved to a place where they could be registered as civil partners of each other under the standard procedure, and

c

understands the nature and purport of signing a Registrar General's licence.

3

The certificate of a registered medical practitioner is sufficient evidence of any or all of the matters referred to in subsection (2).