{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-civil-partnership-jurisdiction-and-recognition-of-judgments-regulations-2005/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-civil-partnership-jurisdiction-and-recognition-of-judgments-regulations-2005/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2005/0110735323",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Partnership (Jurisdiction and Recognition of Judgments) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-civil-partnership-jurisdiction-and-recognition-of-judgments-regulations-2005",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Jurisdiction: England and Wales",
  "text": "The courts in England and Wales shall have jurisdiction in relation to proceedings for the dissolution or annulment of a civil partnership or for the legal separation of civil partners where—\n(a) both civil partners are habitually resident in England and Wales;\n(b) both civil partners were last habitually resident in England and Wales and one of the civil partners continues to reside there;\n(c) the respondent is habitually resident in England and Wales;\n(d) the petitioner is habitually resident in England and Wales and has resided there for at least one year immediately preceding the presentation of the petition; or\n(e) the petitioner is domiciled and habitually resident in England and Wales and has resided there for at least six months immediately preceding the presentation of the petition.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2005/0110735323/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:21:55.399998+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."
}