Commentary on Sections Part 2 – Civil Partnership: England and Wales.Introduction Chapter 1 – Registration Section 22: Evidence to be produced
49.This section sets out the evidence that the Registrar General may require the person giving the notice to produce to the registration authority in order to satisfy the Registrar General that the special procedure should be used.
50.Subsection (3) makes it clear that a certificate from a registered medical practitioner is sufficient evidence of the seriousness of a proposed civil partner’s medical condition and of that person’s ability to understand the nature and purport of signing a Registrar General’s licence.