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Civil Partnerships Act 2011
sec.31Noncompliance with certain requirements
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### sec.31 Noncompliance with certain requirements
A civil partnership is not invalid only because a requirement about the form of the notice given under section 10 was not complied with.
A civil partnership is not invalid only because the person to whom the parties gave notice under section 10 , or before whom the parties made the declaration under section 11 , was not a civil partnership notary if either party believed, when giving the notice or making the declaration, that the person was a civil partnership notary.
s 31 prev s 31 om 2012 No. 12 s 19
pres s 31 ins 2015 No. 33 s 22
(sec.31-ssec.1) A civil partnership is not invalid only because a requirement about the form of the notice given under section 10 was not complied with.
(sec.31-ssec.2) A civil partnership is not invalid only because the person to whom the parties gave notice under section 10 , or before whom the parties made the declaration under section 11 , was not a civil partnership notary if either party believed, when giving the notice or making the declaration, that the person was a civil partnership notary.