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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-civil-partnership-opposite-sex-couples-regulations-2019/schedule-2/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2019/9780111190784",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-civil-partnership-opposite-sex-couples-regulations-2019",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Schedule—\n“the 2004 Act” means the Civil Partnership Act 2004;\n“the commencement date” means the date on which these Regulations come into force;\n“a relevant pre-commencement relationship” means a relationship that is—\n(a) an overseas relationship treated as a civil partnership for the purposes of the 2004 Act as a result of the amendments made by these Regulations, and\n(b) registered (under the relevant law within the meaning of Chapter 2 of Part 5 of the 2004 Act) as having been entered into before the commencement date.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2019/9780111190784/schedule/2/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:59:17.448930+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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