Civil Partnership (Forms, Registration and Fees) (Jersey) Order 201- | Article 6 |
Civil Partnership (Forms, Registration and Fees) (Jersey) Order 201-
Made [date to be inserted]
Coming into force [date to be inserted]
THE MINISTER FOR HOME AFFAIRS, in pursuance of Articles 3(3), 3(6), 7(3), 7(5), 9(1), 9(3), 12(1), 12(3), 14(6), 15(2), 18(1), 18(2), 21(1), 21, 22(3), 25 and 72 of the Civil Partnership (Jersey) Law 201-, orders as follows –
1 Interpretation
In this Order “Law” means the Civil Partnership (Jersey) Law 2012.
2 Forms for registration of civil partnership
(1) Notice of civil partnership shall be in the form set out in Part 1 of Schedule 1 and contain the particulars there referred to.
(2) A declaration required under Article 7(5)(b) of the Law in respect of a proposed civil partnership to which paragraph 3 or 5 of Schedule 2 to the Law applies shall be in the form set out in Part 2 of Schedule 1 and attested in the manner there specified.
(3) A licence shall be in the form set out in Part 3 of Schedule 1 and contain the particulars there referred to.
(4) A certificate for the registration of a civil partnership outside Jersey issued under Article 12 of the Law shall be in the form set out in Part 4 of Schedule 1 and contain the particulars there referred to.
(5) A medical statement required under Article 15(2) of the Law in respect of the civil partnership of an incapacitated person at the place where the person is shall be in the form set out in Part 5 of Schedule 1.
3 Preparation of documents for recording and making returns of civil partnerships
The registrar of a parish, upon the presentation to the registrar of a valid licence for the formation of a civil partnership in that parish, shall –
(a) enter the particulars of the proposed civil partners in 3 civil partnership registration documents, in identical manner, in the form set out in Part 1 of Schedule 2; and
(b) make those documents available to the civil partnership registrar for the purposes of recording the civil partnership and making a return to the Superintendent Registrar.
4 Completion of civil partnership records and returns
(1) A civil partnership registrar shall, immediately after solemnizing a civil partnership, complete the 3 civil partnership registration documents, provided to him or her by the registrar under Article 3, in identical manner, and containing the particulars referred to in Part 2 of Schedule 2.
(2) Each of the 3 civil partnership registration documents shall be signed by the civil partnership registrar, the parties to the civil partnership and 2 witnesses.
(3) The civil partnership registrar shall –
(a) give one of the completed civil partnership registration documents to the parties to the civil partnership; and
(b) within the period of 72 hours following the solemnization of the civil partnership –
(i) in the case where the civil partnership was solemnized on approved premises, deliver 1 of the civil partnership registration documents to the proprietor or trustee of those premises, and
(ii) in every case, deliver 1 of the civil partnership registration documents to the registrar of the parish in which the civil partnership was solemnized.
5 Registration of civil partnership
(1) A registrar required by Article 18(2) of the Law to register the particulars of a civil partnership shall, as soon as is practicable, enter in the civil partnership register book held by the registrar, in the form set out Part 2 of Schedule 2, the particulars of the civil partnership contained in the civil partnership registration document delivered to the registrar under Article 4.
(2) Every entry made in a civil partnership register book shall be in consecutive date order from the beginning to the end of the book.
6 Quarterly returns of civil partnerships to Superintendent Registrar
(1) At the end of each quarter, each registrar shall deliver to the Superintendent Registrar one of the civil partnership registration documents completed in accordance with Article 4 in respect of each civil partnership formed during that quarter in the civil partnership register book kept by the registrar or, if no civil partnership has been so entered during that quarter, a certificate of that fact under the registrar’s hand in such form as the Superintendent Registrar may prescribe.
(2) The Superintendent Registrar shall –
(a) keep and, so often as may be necessary, have bound the copies delivered to the Superintendent Registrar under paragraph (1); and
(b) have indexes made thereto which shall be kept in the Superintendent Registrar’s office.
7 Keeping of civil partnership register books and other documents
Any person who, by virtue of the person’s office, is required by this Order to keep civil partnership register books or other documents shall, on ceasing to hold office, deliver up such books and documents to the person’s successor.
8 Correction of error in register
(1) Upon the Minister or the Inferior Number of the Royal Court granting permission for the correction of an error other than a clerical error in any book or register kept under the Law, the Superintendent Registrar shall make the correction in the margin of both the original entry and the copy kept under this Order and there enter the date the permission is granted, the date the correction is made and the Superintendent Registrar’s signature.
(2) Upon being notified of a clerical error, the Superintendent Registrar shall make the correction in the margin of both the original entry and the copy kept under this Order and there enter the date the correction is made and the Superintendent Registrar’s signature.
9 Specifications for registers
Registers provided under Article 17 of the Law must conform to the following specifications –
(a) they shall be of durable material;
(b) the heads of information required to be known and registered in relation to civil partnerships shall be printed on each side of every page of the book or register;
(c) every page of the book or register and every place of entry in it shall be numbered progressively from the beginning to the end, beginning with the number one; and
(d) every entry shall be divided from the following entry by a printed line.
10 Fees
Schedule 3 shall have effect to set the fees payable under the provisions of the Law there mentioned.
11 Citation and commencement
This Order may be cited as the Civil Partnership (Forms, Registration and Fees) (Jersey) Order 201- and shall come into force on 2nd April 2012.
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