s.16Caveat to intended civil partnership
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Section 16Part 5 — CAVEAT

Caveat to intended civil partnership

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A person who knows or claims to know of any lawful grounds why a civil partnership should not take place may enter a caveat against the issue of the Registrar's or a Civil Registrar's certificate.
A person shall enter a caveat by notice in writing signed by that person, stating the person's full name, residential address, and the grounds of objection on which the person claims the civil partnership should not take place.
A caveat shall be given to the Registrar or Civil Registrar and may be given at any time before the issue of the certificate to which it relates.
Where a caveat is given to a Civil Registrar, the Civil Registrar shall —
record in the Civil Registrar's Civil Partnerships Register Book the particulars contained in the notice and the date of receipt;
transmit the caveat to the Registrar.
On receipt of a caveat, the Registrar shall forthwith —
record in the Civil Partnerships Register the particulars contained in the notice and the date of receipt;
refer the caveat to a judge of the Grand Court.

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