Order of ceremony for a civil partnership

Civil partnership options

If you are forming a civil partnership, you can choose to have a simple formation with no ceremony or a formation followed by a celebratory ceremony.

You can choose to have your civil partnership as a simple formation with no ceremony or a formation followed by a celebratory ceremony.

Civil partnership formation

Civil partnerships are registered by signing the civil partnership schedule with no words required to be spoken. At your civil partnership formation, there will be:

1. a pre schedule check
2. an introduction by the civil partnership registrar
3. the signing of the civil partnership schedule by the couple, witnesses and the registrar

Celebratory ceremony

You can choose to add a ceremony to your formation. Our registrars will help and guide you through your ceremony. They will welcome you and your guests to your approved venue. They will lead you through your ceremony and your declarations.

Please see our suggested order of celebratory ceremony:

1. welcome and opening words by the celebrant
2. opportunity for a reading, poem or music
3. ceremony content read by the celebrant
4. promises and pledges of commitment
5. opportunity for personalised words
6. exchange of rings or gifts
7. opportunity for a reading, poem or music
8. signing of the commemorative certificate
9. closing words
10. presentation of commemorative certificate