{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-act-2004/schedule-29/paragraph-88",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-act-2004/schedule-29/paragraph-88.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2004/33",
  "legislation_title": "Civil Partnership Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-act-2004",
  "path": "schedule/29/paragraph/88",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "88",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Amend Article 79 (compellability of accused’s spouse) as follows.\n(2) In paragraphs (2), (2A) and (3), for “wife or husband” (in each place) substitute “ spouse or civil partner ”.\n(3) After paragraph (5) insert—\n“(5A) In any criminal proceedings a person who has been but is no longer the civil partner of the accused shall be compellable to give evidence as if that person and the accused had never been civil partners.”\n(4) In the heading to Article 79, after “accused’s spouse” insert “ or civil partner ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/33/schedule/29/paragraph/88",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:16:53.191982+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}