(1) On completing a search of the Relationships Register and on payment by the applicant of the prescribed fee, the Registrar may issue a certificate—
(a) certifying particulars contained in an entry; or
(b) certifying that no entry was located in the Relationships Register about the relevant relationship.
(2) A certificate under subsection (1)(a) is admissible in legal proceedings as evidence of—
(a) the entry to which the certificate relates; and
(b) the facts recorded in the entry.
Note
See also section 10 of the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1996 .