Paragraph 1 I1I2

The following is the text to be inserted as Part 2 of schedule 20 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004—

“ PART 2

Specified relationships: different sex couples

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A relationship is specified for the purposes of section 213(1)(b) (meaning of “overseas relationship”) if it is registered in a country or territory given in the first column of the table and fits the description given in relation to that country or territory in the second column—

Country or territory	Description
Andorra	unió estable de parella (stable couple union)
Argentina: Autonomous City of Buenos Aires	unión civil (civil union)
Australia: Australian Capital Territory	civil partnership
Australia: New South Wales	a relationship registered under the Relationships Register Act 2010
Australia: Queensland	civil partnership
Australia: South Australia	registered relationship
Australia: Tasmania	significant relationship
Australia: Victoria	registered domestic relationship
Austria	eingetragene Partnerschaft (registered partnership)
Belgium	the relationship referred to as cohabitation légale, wettelijke samenwoning or gesetzliches zusammenwohnen (legal cohabitation)
Bermuda	domestic partnership
Brazil	união estável (stable union)
Canada: Manitoba	the relationship referred to as common-law relationship or as union de fait
Canada: Nova Scotia	domestic partnership
Canada: Quebec	the relationship referred to as union civile or as civil union
Chile	acuerdo de unión civil (civil union agreement)
Colombia	unión de hecho (de facto union)
Cyprus	civil cohabitation
Ecuador	unión civil (civil union)
the Falkland Islands	civil partnership
France	pacte civil de solidarité (civil solidarity pact)
Gibraltar	civil partnership
Greece	σύμφωνο συμβίωσης (cohabitation agreement)
Hungary	bejegyzett élettársi kapcsolat (registered partnership)
Isle of Man	civil partnership
Israel	civil union
Luxembourg	the relationship referred to as partenariat enregistré or eingetragene Partnerschaft (registered partnership)
Malta	civil union
Mexico: Campeche	sociedad civil de conviviencia (civil cohabitation union)
Mexico: Coahuila	pacto civil de solidaridad (civil solidarity pact)
Mexico: Mexico City Federal District	sociedad de conviviencia (cohabitation arrangement)
Mexico: Michoacan	sociedad de conviviencia (cohabitation arrangement)
Mexico: Tlaxcala	sociedad de conviviencia solidaria (permanent cohabitation arrangement)
Netherlands	geregistreerd partnerschap (registered partnership)
New Zealand	civil union
San Marino	unione civile (civil union)
South Africa	civil partnership
United States of America: California	domestic partnership
United States of America: Colorado	the relationship between designated beneficiaries
United States of America: Colorado	civil union
United States of America: District of Columbia	domestic partnership
United States of America: Hawaii	civil union
United States of America: Illinois	civil union
United States of America: Maine	domestic partnership
United States of America: Nevada	domestic partnership
United States of America: New Jersey	domestic partnership
United States of America: Washington	state registered domestic partnership

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