# Civil Partnership Act 2004, Section 233: Effect of dissolution, annulment or separation obtained in the UK


(1) No dissolution or annulment of a civil partnership obtained in one part of the United Kingdom is effective in any part of the United Kingdom unless obtained from a court of civil jurisdiction.
(2) Subject to subsections (3) and (4), the validity of a dissolution or annulment of a civil partnership or a legal separation of civil partners which has been obtained from a court of civil jurisdiction in one part of the United Kingdom is to be recognised throughout the United Kingdom.
(3) Recognition of the validity of a dissolution, annulment or legal separation obtained from a court of civil jurisdiction in one part of the United Kingdom may be refused in any other part if the dissolution, annulment or separation was obtained at a time when it was irreconcilable with a decision determining the question of the subsistence or validity of the civil partnership—
(a) previously given by a court of civil jurisdiction in the other part, or
(b) previously given by a court elsewhere and recognised or entitled to be recognised in the other part.
(4) Recognition of the validity of a dissolution or legal separation obtained from a court of civil jurisdiction in one part of the United Kingdom may be refused in any other part if the dissolution or separation was obtained at a time when, according to the law of the other part, there was no subsisting civil partnership.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/33/section/233 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-act-2004/section-233
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