The Civil Partnership (Registration Abroad and Certificates) (Amendment) Order 2014

This Order amends the Civil Partnerships (Registration Abroad and Certificates) Order 2005 to alter the requirement on parties to the proposed consular civil partnership and their witnesses from a requirement to provide details of residence to a requirement to provide details of address. The Order also updates the requirement to keep copies of the notice of intention to form a consular civil partnership to allow for electronic storage, and removes the time restrictions relating to when a consular civil partnership may be registered. This mirrors the new provisions relating to consular marriages set out in the Consular Marriages and Marriages Under Foreign Law Order 2014 (“the 2014 Order”).