The Civil Partnerships Records Regulations 2016

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 2016/981
(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Partnerships Records Regulations 2016 and come into force on 7th November 2016.(2) In these Regulations—
  • “expedited service” means a service provided to a person who makes an application to the Registrar General before 13:00 on a working day and which is normally provided within 3 relevant hours of the request for a record being received;
  • “portable document format” means a document which meets the specifications set out in the International Standards Organisation document ISO 32000-1:2008;
  • “relevant hours” means the hours between 08:00 and 16:00 on a working day;
  • “standard service” means a service provided to a person who makes an application to the Registrar General and which is normally provided within 5 working days of the request for a record being received;
  • “working day” means a day which is not a Saturday or Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 in England and Wales.
(1) The Registrar General may, on request, search the Registrar General’s civil partnership register and provide the information contained in an entry in that register, in portable document format.be made via the public website known as www.gov.uk, andindicate whether the information is

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