{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-act-2004-overseas-relationships-order-2012/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2012/2976",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Overseas Relationships) Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-act-2004-overseas-relationships-order-2012",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Civil Partnership\nMade 21st November 2012\nLaid before Parliament 3rd December 2012\nComing into force 31st January 2013\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 213 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 and with the consent of the Scottish Ministers and the Department of Finance and Personnel:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "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."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/2976/introduction",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}