Commentary on Sections Part 2 – Civil Partnership: England and Wales.Introduction Chapter 2 – Dissolution, Nullity and Other Proceedings Section 52: Proof of certain matters not necessary to validity of civil partnership
101.This section provides that where two people have registered as civil partners of each other in England and Wales it is not necessary for them to provide evidence that any consent required under section 4 (consent by parents etc. where one of the intended civil partners is under 18) was actually given, or that the person who officiated at the signing of the civil partnership schedule was a designated civil partnership registrar for the area in which registration took place. No evidence may be given in any nullity proceedings to disprove either of these facts.
102.The issue of consent is subject to the provisions of section 49(c) which provides that a civil partnership involving a person under 18 will be void if the issue of the civil partnership document was forbidden by a person whose consent was required.