[12A Referral of proposed civil partnership to Secretary of State]

[12A  Referral of proposed civil partnership to Secretary of State]

[(1)     On every occasion when notice of proposed civil partnership is given under section 8, the registration authority must decide whether or not each of the parties to the proposed civil partnership is an exempt person.

(2)     But this section does not apply if Schedule 3 applies to the proposed civil partnership.

(3)     In making a decision under subsection (1) about a party to a proposed civil partnership, a registration authority may rely on any advice given in relation to that decision by the Secretary of

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