Part 2Civil partnership: England and Wales

Chapter 1Registration

The special procedure

I121Notice of proposed civil partnership

1

For two people to register as civil partners of each other under the special procedure, one of them must—

a

give a notice of proposed civil partnership to the registration authority for the area in which it is proposed that the registration take place, and

b

comply with any requirement made under section 22.

2

The notice must contain such information as may be prescribed by regulations.

3

Subsections (3) to (6) of section 8 (necessary declaration etc.), apart from paragraph (b) of subsection (4), apply for the purposes of this section as they apply for the purposes of that section.