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15.—(1) The civil partners, at the time of the formation of the civil partnership, shall be entitled to apply for a certified copy and a certified extract of the entry relating to it in the civil partnership register on payment of the fee prescribed under section 34(1) of the 2004 Act.
(2) Subject to paragraphs (1) (3), (4) and regulation 16, any person shall be entitled to a certified copy if, and only if, in addition to the information obtained from the indexes of entries in the civil partnership register, he is able to provide the Registrar General, or the registration authority with the full addresses of both civil partners as recorded in the entry concerned.
(3) Subject to paragraph (4) the Registrar General may, if she considers it appropriate to do so, authorise the issue, either by herself or by a registration authority, of a certified copy where an applicant for such a certificate is unable to provide the full addresses of both civil partners as recorded in the entry.
(4) The Registrar General may authorise the issue of a certified copy in accordance with paragraph (3) if the applicant applies to her for that purpose and supplies such information as she may require to satisfy herself that it would be reasonable to issue the certificate.
(5) A certified extract to be given by the Registrar General or a registration authority shall be on form 13 if the civil partnership was formed in England or form 13(w) if the civil partnership was formed in Wales.
(6) A registration authority shall not disclose any records relating to civil partnerships held by it except in accordance with this regulation.
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