Civil Unions Act 2012

This section applies if a termination notice or withdrawal notice must be served personally on a party to a civil union under section 12 (Ending civil union by parties).

To serve the notice personally on the party, the person serving the notice must—

give the party a copy of the notice; or

if the party does not accept the copy—put the copy down in the party’s presence and tell the party in general terms what it is; or

if the person serving the notice is prevented from approaching the party by violence or threat of violence—put the copy down as near as practicable to, but in the sight of, the party.