Part 2Civil partnership: England and Wales
Chapter 1Registration
The standard procedure
9Power to require evidence of name etc.
1
The registration authority to which a notice of proposed civil partnership is given may require the person giving the notice to provide it with specified evidence—
a
relating to that person, or
b
if the registration authority considers that the circumstances are exceptional, relating not only to that person but also to that person’s proposed civil partner.
2
Such a requirement may be imposed at any time before the registration authority issues the civil partnership schedule under section 14.
3
“Specified evidence”, in relation to a person, means such evidence as may be specified in guidance issued by the Registrar General—
a
of the person’s name and surname,
b
of the person’s age,
c
as to whether the person has previously formed a civil partnership or a marriage and, if so, as to the ending of the civil partnership or marriage, F1and
d
of the person’s nationality, F2. . .
e
F2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .