Civil Partnerships
Signing the Civil Partnerships Register
- Waltham Forest Register Office offers this service for same sex couples to sign the Register.
- Take a detailed virtual tour of the Register Office
Civil Partnership Ceremony
You can also have a Civil Partnership Ceremony in the Register Office to accompany the signing, although the Act does not require you to have a ceremony.
Background
The Civil Partnership Act 2004
The Civil Partnership Act 2004 received Royal Assent on 18 November 2004. The Act allows same-sex couples who wish to have legal recognition of their partnership, to sign the Register and have similar rights to married heterosexual couples.
The time gap from when it received Royal Assent and became law in November 2004 until the implementation date of 5th December 2005 was to allow for all the administrative and operational changes to be made and implemented.
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More information
There is a detailed Guide to Civil Partnerships (PDF) available from the Women and Equalities Unit of the Department of Trade and Industry, and a Civil Partnership explanatory document (PDF).
Contact Uus
If you want to make arrangements to sign the Register for a civil partnership, or have any questions about the Act, or would like more information, please contact Waltham Forest Register Office.
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