s.13Formalisation by the Registrar or Civil Registrar
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Section 13Part 4 — FORMALISATION OF CIVIL PARTNERSHIP

Formalisation by the Registrar or Civil Registrar

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The Registrar or Civil Registrar may formalise a civil partnership if the Registrar or Civil Registrar, as applicable, is satisfied —
that the civil partnership is not prohibited by this Law;
that the requirements of this Law have been complied with; and
that —
no caveat to the civil partnership has been lodged under section 16;
if a caveat has been lodged, it has been withdrawn or removed.
The formalisation of a civil partnership shall not take place —
earlier than seven days after the date on which notice of intended civil partnership was given; or
more than three months after the date on which notice of the intended civil partnership was given or, where a caveat has been lodged, more than three months after the date on which the caveat was withdrawn or removed.
A civil partnership shall only be formalised by the Registrar between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on Monday to Friday and may only be formalised by the Registrar —
at the office of the Registrar; or
at an alternative location approved by the Registrar.
A civil partnership shall only be formalised by a Civil Registrar between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. and —
at the office of the Civil Registrar; or
at an alternative location approved by the Registrar.
During the formalisation, in the presence of the Registrar and at least two witnesses each party shall make a clear statement that —
gives the full names of both parties; and
acknowledges that they are freely entering into a civil partnership with each other and know of no lawful impediment to the civil partnership.
The Governor may —
make regulations prescribing buildings or other places as alternative approved locations for the purposes of subsection (3)(b) and (4)(b); and
on application made by the parties in writing at least fourteen days before the proposed date of the formalisation, approve an additional alternative location, subject to the approval of the Registrar and on such terms and conditions as the Governor may direct.
The parties to a civil partnership to be formalised at an alternative approved location shall —
obtain the written permission of the owner or occupier to use that location for the formalisation of their civil partnership and notify the Registrar, or where the civil partnership is to be formalised by a Civil Registrar, both the Registrar and the Civil Registrar; and
comply with any terms and conditions imposed by the owner or occupier.

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