The Civil Partnership (Attestation) (Scotland) Regulations 2006
Section 52 of the Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006 amends the Civil Partnership Act 2004 to enable the Registrar General for Scotland to prescribe the manner of attestation for documents submitted under that Act. Those documents are declarations of eligibility submitted with notices of proposed civil partnership and certificates (produced by a registered medical practitioner) supporting objections to proposed partnerships. On the commencement of that section, those notices and objections may be submitted electronically, subject to the requirements for attestation to be prescribed by regulations. These Regulations re-prescribe the existing manuscript signature for attestation for the lodging of such documents.