sec.34Offences

### sec.34 Offences A civil partnership notary commits an offence if— the notary allows a declaration of civil partnership, or a purported declaration, to be made before the notary; and the notice required under section 10 (including the statutory declaration and anything else required under that section) for the civil partnership— has not been given to the notary; or was not given to the notary within the period allowed under section 11 (2) . Maximum penalty—50 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment. A civil partnership notary commits an offence if— the notary allows a declaration of civil partnership, or a purported declaration, to be made before the notary; and the notary has reasonable grounds to believe that the civil partnership would be void under section 30 . Maximum penalty—50 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment. A person commits an offence if— the person makes a declaration mentioned in section 11 with the intention of entering into a civil partnership with someone else (the person’s partner ); and the declaration is made before a person (the third person ) who is not a civil partnership notary; and the person knows the third person is not a civil partnership notary; and the person has reasonable grounds to believe that the person’s partner believes that the third person is a civil partnership notary. Maximum penalty—50 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment. s 34 prev s 34 om 2012 No. 12 s 22 pres s 34 ins 2015 No. 33 s 25 (sec.34-ssec.1) A civil partnership notary commits an offence if— the notary allows a declaration of civil partnership, or a purported declaration, to be made before the notary; and the notice required under section 10 (including the statutory declaration and anything else required under that section) for the civil partnership— has not been given to the notary; or was not given to the notary within the period allowed under section 11 (2) . Maximum penalty—50 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment. (sec.34-ssec.2) A civil partnership notary commits an offence if— the notary allows a declaration of civil partnership, or a purported declaration, to be made before the notary; and the notary has reasonable grounds to believe that the civil partnership would be void under section 30 . Maximum penalty—50 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment. (sec.34-ssec.3) A person commits an offence if— the person makes a declaration mentioned in section 11 with the intention of entering into a civil partnership with someone else (the person’s partner ); and the declaration is made before a person (the third person ) who is not a civil partnership notary; and the person knows the third person is not a civil partnership notary; and the person has reasonable grounds to believe that the person’s partner believes that the third person is a civil partnership notary. Maximum penalty—50 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment. - (a) the notary allows a declaration of civil partnership, or a purported declaration, to be made before the notary; and - (b) the notice required under section 10 (including the statutory declaration and anything else required under that section) for the civil partnership— (i) has not been given to the notary; or (ii) was not given to the notary within the period allowed under section 11 (2) . - (i) has not been given to the notary; or - (ii) was not given to the notary within the period allowed under section 11 (2) . - (i) has not been given to the notary; or - (ii) was not given to the notary within the period allowed under section 11 (2) . - (a) the notary allows a declaration of civil partnership, or a purported declaration, to be made before the notary; and - (b) the notary has reasonable grounds to believe that the civil partnership would be void under section 30 . - (a) the person makes a declaration mentioned in section 11 with the intention of entering into a civil partnership with someone else (the person’s partner ); and - (b) the declaration is made before a person (the third person ) who is not a civil partnership notary; and - (c) the person knows the third person is not a civil partnership notary; and - (d) the person has reasonable grounds to believe that the person’s partner believes that the third person is a civil partnership notary.