(1)The person giving a notice of proposed civil partnership to a registration authority under the special procedure must produce to the authority such evidence as the Registrar General may require to satisfy him—
(a)that there is no lawful impediment to the formation of the civil partnership,
(b)that the conditions in subsection (2) are met, and
(c)that there is sufficient reason why a licence should be granted.
[F1(2)The conditions are that one of the proposed civil partners—
(a)is seriously ill and not expected to recover,
(b)cannot be moved to a place where they could be registered as civil partners of each other under the standard procedure, and
(c)understands the nature and purport of signing a Registrar General's licence.]
(3)The certificate of a registered medical practitioner is sufficient evidence of any or all of the matters referred to in subsection (2).
Textual Amendments
F1S. 22(2) substituted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership (Amendments to Registration Provisions) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2000), art. 3, Sch. para. 9 (subject to art. 1(3))