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).