s.26Appointment of civil partnership officers
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Section 26Part 8 — CIVIL PARTNERSHIP OFFICERS

Appointment of civil partnership officers

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26. (1) A person may apply in writing to the Deputy Governor to be appointed as a civil partnership officer and shall give his or her full name, address and date of birth, and such other particulars as may be prescribed. Section 27 Civil Partnership Law, 2020 Page 22 Law 35 of 2020 c
The Deputy Governor may appoint a person as a civil partnership officer if the Deputy Governor, after consulting the Registrar, is satisfied —
that the person is of good character;
that the person is able to, and will, conscientiously perform the duties of a civil partnership officer under this Law; and
that the appointment is in the public interest.
The Registrar shall give notice in the Gazette, in any other official Government website or official means of communication of the name of every person who is appointed as a civil partnership officer.
A person named in a notice given under subsection (3) is entitled to act as a civil partnership officer on and from the date specified in the notice until the person’s appointment ceases under section 27.

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