Part 2Civil partnership: England and Wales
Chapter 1Registration
The standard procedure
F19ESpecified evidence
(1)
The Registrar General may make regulations about the evidence that is required to be given for the purposes of section 9.
(2)
The Secretary of State may make regulations about the evidence that is required to be given for the purposes of section 9A.
(3)
Regulations under this section may, in particular, make provision about—
(a)
the kind of evidence which is to be supplied;
(b)
the form in which evidence is to be supplied;
(c)
the manner in which evidence is to be supplied;
(d)
the period within which evidence is to be supplied;
(e)
the supply of further evidence;
(f)
the sufficiency of evidence supplied;
(g)
the consequences of failing to supply sufficient evidence in accordance with the regulations (including provision to secure that, in such a case, a particular decision is made or is to be treated as having been made);
(h)
the retention or copying of evidence supplied.
(4)
In this section “evidence” includes a photograph or other image.
(5)
The Registrar General must obtain the approval of the Secretary of State before making regulations under this section.
(6)
The Secretary of State must consult the Registrar General before making regulations under this section.