Civil Union Act 2004

11 Notice of civil union, and statutory declaration

• (1) If 2 people intend to enter into a civil union, one of them must appear personally before the Registrar and give notice in the prescribed form of the intended civil union.

  (2) The person giving notice must also make a statutory declaration in the prescribed form before the Registrar declaring that—

  • (a) the person believes that the parties are not within the prohibited degrees of civil union or, if they are, an order has been made under section 10 dispensing with the prohibition; and

  • (b) there is no other lawful impediment to the intended civil union; and

  • (c) the particulars in the notice are true.

  (3) However, if the 2 parties to an intended civil union are ordinarily resident outside New Zealand, the requirements of this section are satisfied if—

  • (a) one of the parties posts the notice in the prescribed form to the Registrar; and

  • (b) one of the parties, at any time before the licence is issued or (if the Registrar is to solemnise the civil union) the civil union is solemnised, makes a statutory declaration as to the matters in subsection (2)(a) to (c).

  (4) A person giving notice under this section must pay the prescribed notice fee.

  Compare: 1955 No 92 s 23(1), (2)