# The Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019, Paragraph 2: Requirements as to other relationships in order for pre-commencement relationships to be recognised as civil partnerships


(1) Sub-paragraph (2) applies in relation to a relationship that would, disregarding this paragraph and section 212(1)(b)(ii) of the 2004 Act as it applies without this paragraph, be a relevant pre-commencement relationship.
(2) Section 212(1)(b) of the 2004 Act has effect as if, for sub-paragraph (ii), there were substituted—
“(ii) neither of whom was, when the relationship was registered—
(aa) lawfully married,
(bb) a civil partner, or
(cc) in another relationship registered as mentioned above, which continues to subsist at the time when the Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019 come into force and is at that time an overseas relationship treated as a civil partnership for the purposes of this Act, and
(iii) neither of whom is, immediately before the Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019 come into force, lawfully married or a civil partner.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2019/9780111190784/schedule/2/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-civil-partnership-opposite-sex-couples-regulations-2019/schedule-2/paragraph-2
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