Section 219 Power to make provision corresponding to EC Regulation 2201/2003 as to jurisdiction in relation to civil partnershipsF12

United Kingdom

(~~F11~~)

~~The Lord Chancellor may by regulations make provision—~~

(a)

~~as to the jurisdiction of courts in England and Wales~~ F2~~... in proceedings for the dissolution or annulment of a civil partnership or for legal separation of the civil partners in cases where a civil partner—~~

(i)

~~is or has been habitually resident in~~ ~~F3England and Wales, or~~

F4(ii)

~~. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .~~

(~~iii~~)

~~is domiciled in~~ ~~F5England and Wales~~, F6~~...~~

(b)

~~. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .~~

(~~F71A~~)

~~The Department of Justice in Northern Ireland may by regulations make provision—~~

(a)

~~as to the jurisdiction of courts in Northern Ireland in proceedings for the dissolution or annulment of a civil partnership or for legal separation of the civil partners~~ ~~F8in cases where a civil partner—~~

(i)

~~is or has been habitually resident in Northern Ireland, or~~

(ii)

~~is domiciled in Northern Ireland.~~

F9(b)

~~. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .~~

(2)

~~The Scottish Ministers may by regulations make provision—~~

(a)

as to the jurisdiction of courts in Scotland in proceedings for the dissolution or annulment of a civil partnership or for legal separation of the civil partners in such cases as are mentioned in subsection (1)(a), and

(b)

~~as to the recognition in Scotland of any such judgment as is mentioned in subsection (1)(b).~~

F10(3)

~~. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .~~

(4)

~~. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .~~

(5)

~~. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .~~

(6)

~~Regulations under subsection (1) are to be made by statutory instrument and may only be made if a draft has been laid before and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.~~

(~~F116A~~)

~~Regulations under subsection (1A) are to be made by statutory rule for the purposes of the Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland) Order 1979.~~

(6B)

~~No regulations shall be made under subsection (1A) unless a draft has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Northern Ireland Assembly.~~

(6C)

Section 41(3) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 applies for the purposes of subsection (6B) in relation to the laying of a draft as it applies in relation to the laying of a statutory document under an enactment.

(7)

~~Regulations under subsection (2) are to be made by statutory instrument and may only be made if a draft has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.~~

(8)

~~In this Part “section 219 regulations” means regulations made under this section.~~

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: S. 219 omitted (S.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Jurisdiction and Judgments (Family, Civil Partnership and Marriage (Same Sex Couples)) (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/104), reg. 1, sch. 1 para. 4(2) (with reg. 6) (as amended by S.S.I. 2020/441, regs. 1(2)(a), 16); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2: Words in s. 219(1)(a)(b) omitted (12.4.2010) by virtue of The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 15(5), Sch. 18 para. 73(a) (with arts. 28-31)
F3: Words in s. 219(1)(a)(i) substituted (E.W. N.I.) (31.12.2020) by The Civil Partnership and Marriage (Same Sex Couples) (Jurisdiction and Judgments) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/495), regs. 1, 4(2)(b)(i)(aa); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4: S. 219(1)(a)(ii) and word omitted (E.W. N.I.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Civil Partnership and Marriage (Same Sex Couples) (Jurisdiction and Judgments) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/495), regs. 1, 4(2)(b)(i)(bb); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F5: Words in s. 219(1)(a)(iii) substituted (E.W. N.I.) (31.12.2020) by The Civil Partnership and Marriage (Same Sex Couples) (Jurisdiction and Judgments) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/495), regs. 1, 4(2)(b)(i)(cc); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F6: S. 219(1)(b) and word omitted (E.W. N.I.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Civil Partnership and Marriage (Same Sex Couples) (Jurisdiction and Judgments) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/495), regs. 1, 4(2)(b)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F7: S. 219(1A) inserted (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 15(5), Sch. 18 para. 73(b) (with arts. 28-31)
F8: Words in s. 219(1A)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Civil Partnership and Marriage (Same Sex Couples) (Jurisdiction and Judgments) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/495), regs. 1, 4(2)(c)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F9: S. 219(1A)(b) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Civil Partnership and Marriage (Same Sex Couples) (Jurisdiction and Judgments) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/495), regs. 1, 4(2)(c)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F10: S. 219(3)-(5) omitted (E.W. N.I.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Civil Partnership and Marriage (Same Sex Couples) (Jurisdiction and Judgments) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/495), regs. 1, 4(2)(d); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F11: S. 219(6A)-(6C) inserted (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 15(5), Sch. 18 para. 73(d) (with arts. 28-31)
F12: Words in s. 219 heading substituted (E.W. N.I.) (31.12.2020) by The Civil Partnership and Marriage (Same Sex Couples) (Jurisdiction and Judgments) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/495), regs. 1, 4(2)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)