Part 2 Opposite-sex relationshipsF1
Scotland
A relationship is specified for the purposes of section 213(1)(b) (specified relationships between two people who are not of the same sex) F2(meaning of “overseas relationship”) if it is registered in a country or territory given in the first column of the table and fits the description given in relation to that country or territory in the second column—
| Country or territory | Description |
| Andorra | uniό estable de parella (stable couple union) |
| Argentina: Autonomous City of Buenos Aires | unión civil (civil union) |
| Australia: Australian Capital Territory | civil partnership |
| Australia: New South Wales | a relationship registered under the Relationships Register Act 2010 |
| Australia: Queensland | civil partnership |
| Australia: South Australia | registered relationship |
| Australia: Tasmania | significant relationship |
| Australia: Victoria | registered domestic relationship |
| Austria | eingetragene Partnerschaft (registered partnership) |
| Belgium | the relationship referred to as cohabitation légale, wettelijke samenwoning or gesetzliches Zusammenwohnen (legal cohabitation) |
| Bermuda | domestic partnership |
| Brazil | união estável (stable union) |
| Canada: Manitoba | the relationship referred to as common-law relationship or as union de fait |
| Canada: Nova Scotia | domestic partnership |
| Canada: Quebec | union civile the relationship referred to as union civile or as civil union |
| Chile | unión civil acuerdo de unión civil (civil union agreement) |
| Colombia | unión marital de hecho unión de hecho (de facto union) |
| Cyprus | politiki symviosi civil cohabitation |
| Ecuador | unión de hecho unión civil (civil union) |
| the Falkland Islands | civil partnership |
| France | pacte civil de solidarité (civil solidarity pact) |
| Gibraltar | civil partnership |
| Greece | simfono simviosis σύμφωνο συμβίωσης (cohabitation agreement) |
| Hungary | bejegyzett élettársi kapcsolat (registered partnership) |
| Isle of Man | civil partnership |
| Israel | civil union |
| Luxembourg | the relationship referred to as partenariat enregistré or eingetragene Partnerschaft(registered partnership) |
| Malta | civil union |
| Mexico: Campeche | sociedad civil de Convivencia (civil cohabitation union) |
| Mexico: Coahuila | pacto civil de solidaridad (civil solidarity pact) |
| Mexico: Mexico City Federal District | sociedad de convivencia (cohabitation arrangement) |
| Mexico: Michoacán | sociedad de Convivencia (cohabitation arrangement) |
| Mexico: Tlaxcala | sociedad de convivencia solidaria (permanent cohabitation arrangement) |
| Netherlands | geregistreerd partnerschap (registered partnership) |
| New Zealand | civil union |
| San Marino | unione civile (civil union) |
| South Africa | civil partnership |
| Spain: Balearic Islands | pareja estable |
| Spain: Basque Country | pareja de hecho |
| Spain: Galicia | pareja de hecho |
| United States of America: California | domestic partnership |
| United States of America: Colorado | the relationship between designated beneficiaries |
| United States of America: Colorado | civil union |
| United States of America: District of Columbia | domestic partnership |
| United States of America: Hawaii | civil union |
| United States of America: Illinois | civil union |
| United States of America: Maine | domestic partnership |
| United States of America: Nevada | domestic partnership |
| United States of America: New Jersey | domestic partnership |
| United States of America: Washington | state registered domestic partnership |
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Sch. 20 Pt. 2 inserted: (E.W.) (2.12.2019) by The Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1458), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1; (N.I.) (13.1.2020) by The Marriage (Same-sex Couples) and Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1514), regs. 1(2), 17(7)(c) (with regs. 6-9); and (S.) (1.2.2021 for specified purposes, 1.6.2021 in so far as not already in force) by Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 15), s. 16, sch. 1; S.S.I. 2020/414, reg. 2(1)(a)(2); S.S.I. 2021/23, reg. 2, sch. (with reg. 3)
- F2
Additional words inserted (S.) (1.2.2021 for specified purposes, 1.6.2021 in so far as not already in force) as part of the insertion of Sch. 20 Pt. 2 by Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 15), s. 16, sch. 1; S.S.I. 2020/414, reg. 2(1)(a)(2); S.S.I. 2021/23, reg. 2, sch. (with reg. 3)
- F3
Words omitted (S.) (1.2.2021 for specified purposes, 1.6.2021 in so far as not already in force) since they were not included as part of the insertion of Sch. 20 Pt. 2 by Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 15), s. 16, sch. 1; S.S.I. 2020/414, reg. 2(1)(a)(2); S.S.I. 2021/23, reg. 2, sch. (with reg. 3)