The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Overseas Relationships) Order 2012
S.I. 2012/2976 · Made 21 November 2012
Civil Partnership
Made 21st November 2012
Laid before Parliament 3rd December 2012
Coming into force 31st January 2013
The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 213 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004f1 and with the consent of the Scottish Ministers and the Department of Finance and Personnel:
Annotations to the whole text
Footnotes
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2004 c. 33; section 213(2) was amended by S.I. 2010/1839; Schedule 20 was amended by S.I. 2005/3129 and 2005/3135.
Contents
- 1Citation and commencement
- 2Amendment of Schedule 20 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004
- Signature
- Schedule
- 1Paragraph 1
- 2Paragraph 2
- 3Paragraph 3
- 4Paragraph 4
- 5Paragraph 5
- 6Paragraph 6
- 7Paragraph 7
- 8Paragraph 8
- 9Paragraph 9
- 10Paragraph 10
- 11Paragraph 11
- 12Paragraph 12
- 13Paragraph 13
- 14Paragraph 14
- 15Paragraph 15
- 16Paragraph 16
- 17Paragraph 17
- 18Paragraph 18
- 19Paragraph 19
- Explanatory note
1Citation and commencement
This Order may be cited as the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Overseas Relationships) Order 2012 and comes into force on 31st January 2013.
2Amendment of Schedule 20 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004
Schedule 20 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (meaning of overseas relationship: specified relationships) is amended in accordance with the Schedule to this Order.
Signature
Jo Swinson
Minister for Women and Equalities
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
4th November 2012
The Scottish Ministers consent to the making of this Order.
Alex Neil
A member of the Scottish Government
21st November 2012
The Department of Finance and Personnel consents to the making of this Order.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel
L.S.
Oswyn Paulin
A Senior Officer of the Department of Finance and Personnel
7th November 2012
1
In Schedule 20 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (meaning of overseas relationship: specified relationships), the table is amended as follows.
2
After the entry relating to Andorra, insert—
“
Argentina marriage Argentina: Autonomous City of Buenos Aires unión civil Australia: Australian Capital Territory civil partnership Australia: New South Wales a relationship registered under the Relationships Register Act 2010 Australia: Queensland civil partnership ”
3
After the entry relating to Australia: Tasmania, insert—
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Australia: Victoria registered domestic relationship Austria eingetragene Partnerschaft ”
4
After the second entry relating to Belgium, insert—
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Brazil marriage Brazil união estável ”
5
After the entry relating to Canada, insert—
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Canada: Manitoba the relationship referred to as common-law relationship or as union de fait ”
6
After the entry relating to Canada: Quebec, insert—
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Colombia unión de hecho Czech Republic registrované partnertsví Denmark marriage ”
7
After the entry relating to Denmark, insert—
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Ecuador unión civil ”
8
After the entry relating to Germany, insert—
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Greenland the relationship referred to as nalunaarsukkamik inooqatigiinneq or as registreret partnerskab Hungary bejegyzett élettársi kapcsolat Iceland marriage ”
9
After the entry relating to Iceland, insert—
“
Ireland civil partnership Isle of Man civil partnership Jersey civil partnership Liechtenstein eingetragene Partnerschaft ”
10
After the entry relating to Luxembourg, insert—
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Mexico: Coahuila pacto civil de solidaridad Mexico: Mexico City Federal District marriage Mexico: Mexico City Federal District sociedad de convivencia ”
11
After the entry relating to New Zealand, insert—
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Norway marriage ”
12
After the entry relating to Norway, insert—
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Portugal marriage Slovenia zakon o registraciji istospolne partnerske skupnosti South Africa civil partnership South Africa marriage ”
13
After the entry relating to Spain, insert—
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Sweden marriage ”
14
After the entry relating to Sweden, insert—
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Switzerland the relationship referred to as eingetragene Partnerschaft, as partnenariat enregistré or as unione domestica registrata ”
15
After the entry relating to the United States of America: California, insert—
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United States of America: California marriage United States of America: Colorado the relationship between designated beneficiaries ”
16
After the entry relating to the United States of America: Connecticut, insert—
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United States of America: Connecticut marriage United States of America: Delaware civil union United States of America: District of Columbia marriage United States of America: Hawaii civil union United States of America: Hawaii reciprocal beneficiary relationship United States of America: Illinois civil union United States of America: Iowa marriage ”
17
After the entry relating to the United States of America: Massachusetts, insert—
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United States of America: Nevada domestic partnership United States of America: New Hampshire marriage United States of America: New Jersey civil union ”
18
After the entry relating to the United States of America: New Jersey, insert—
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United States of America: New York marriage United States of America: Oregon domestic partnership United States of America: Rhode Island civil union ”
19
After the entry relating to the United States of America: Vermont, insert—
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United States of America: Vermont marriage United States of America: Washington state registered domestic partnership United States of America: Wisconsin domestic partnership Uruguay unión concubinaria ”
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends Schedule 20 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33) (“the Act”). Schedule 20 specifies overseas relationships that may be treated as civil partnerships for the purposes of the Act, provided certain other conditions in the Act are satisfied.
Article 2 adds 50 relationships to the specified relationships in the table in Schedule 20.
A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.