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12.—(1) Two people are to be regarded as having registered as civil partners of each other once each of them has signed the civil partnership register—
(a)at the invitation of, and in the presence of, a registering officer, and
(b)in the presence of each other and two witnesses.
(2) Paragraph (1) applies regardless of whether paragraph (3) is complied with.
(3) After the civil partnership register has been signed under paragraph (1), it must also be signed, in the presence of the civil partners and each other, by—
(a)each of the two witnesses, and
(b)the registering officer.
(4) No religious service is to be used while the registering officer is officiating at the signing of a civil partnership register.
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