Article 18 Jurisdiction

Two people who register as civil partners of each other under this Order are to be treated for the purposes of sections 221(1)(c)(i) and (2)(c)(i), 222(c), 224(b), 225(1)(c)(i) and (3)(c)(i), 229(1)(c)(i) and (2)(c)(i), 230(c) and 232(b) of the Act and section 1(3)(c)(i) of the Presumption of Death (Scotland) Act 1977^f1 as if they had registered their civil partnership in the part of the United Kingdom jointly elected by them under articles 5(3)(f) or 13(2).