# Civil Partnership Act 2004, Part 2: Opposite-sex relationships

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A relationship is specified for the purposes of section 213(1)(b) (specified relationships between two people who are not of the same sex) (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
unión convivencial
Argentina: Autonomous City of Buenos Aires
unión civil (civil union)
Aruba
geregistreerd partnerschap
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: Alberta
adult interdependent partner
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)
Estonia
Kooselulepingu
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

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/33/schedule/20/part/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-act-2004/schedule-20/part-2
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