Regulation 33 Amendment of definition relating to civil partnership to include overseas relationshipsI1

In section 25^f1, in the definition of “protected civil partnership”, for the words from “means” to the end substitute—

“means—

(a)

a civil partnership under the law of England or Wales, or

(b)

an overseas relationship that is treated as a civil partnership by virtue of Chapter 2 of Part 5 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004,

and “protected overseas relationship” means a protected civil partnership within paragraph (b),”.