# The Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2020 (Commencement No. 3, Saving and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2021, Regulation 4: Transitional provision: overseas relationships


(1) Section 212 of the 2004 Act (meaning of “overseas relationship”) applies for the purpose of determining whether a relationship between persons of different sexes entered into before 1 February 2021 is an overseas relationship as though for subsection (1)(b)(ii) there were substituted—
“(ii) neither of whom was already a civil partner or lawfully married on the date the relationship concerned was entered into, and
(iii) neither of whom was a civil partner or lawfully married—
(aa) immediately before 1 February 2021, or
(bb) in the case of a relationship that was dissolved or annulled before that date, immediately before the date of dissolution or annulment.”.
(2) Paragraph (1) has effect in place of article 3 of the Civil Partnership (Overseas Relationships) (Scotland) Order 2005 in relation to any case where a relationship referred to in that paragraph was entered into before 5 December 2005.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2021/23/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-scotland-act-2020-commencement-no-3-saving-and-transitional-provision-regulations-2021/regulation-4
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