Civil Partnership (Forms, Registration and Fees) (Jersey)
Order 2012
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, 22(3), 25 and 72 of the
Civil Partnership (Jersey)
Law 2012, orders as follows –
Commencement [see endnotes]
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.
(1A) [2]
(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.
(2A) [3]
(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 1 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 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(3)(b)(ii).
(2) Every
entry made in a civil partnership register 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 1 of the civil partnership registration documents completed in
accordance with Article 4 in respect of each civil partnership formed
during that quarter that has been entered in the civil partnership register
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 documents 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 and other documents
Any person who, by virtue of the
person’s office, is required by this Order to keep a civil partnership
register 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 document 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 document kept under
this Order and there enter the date the correction is made and the
Superintendent Registrar’s signature.
9 Specifications
for registers
Registers kept under Article 18
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 register;
(c) every
page of the 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.
10A [4]
11 Citation
This Order may be cited as
the Civil Partnership (Forms, Registration and Fees) (Jersey) Order 2012.