Regulation 2 InterpretationI1

a reference to a section or Schedule by number alone is a reference to the section or Schedule so numbered in the Civil Partnership Act 2004;

“the Act of 2004” means the Civil Partnership Act 2004;

“the other civil partner” means the party to the civil partnership who is not the civil partner with pension rights;

expressions defined in paragraph 11 and 24 of Schedule 15 have the meanings assigned by those paragraphs;

a reference to a rule by number alone is a reference to the rule so numbered in the Family Proceedings Rules (Northern Ireland) 1996^f1.