{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-violence-crime-and-victims-act-2004-commencement-no-5-order-2005/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/3196",
  "legislation_title": "The Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-violence-crime-and-victims-act-2004-commencement-no-5-order-2005",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order commences certain provisions of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (c. 28) which are related to cohabitation. The provisions commenced have the effect of amending the definition of “cohabitants” in the Family Law Act 1996 to include cohabiting same-sex couples, and make further consequential amendments. They also extend the definition of “relative” in that Act to include first cousins.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/3196/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:45:16.099363+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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