Article 1 Title, commencement and interpretation

This Order may be cited as the European Parliament (United Kingdom Representatives) Pensions (Amendment) Order 2005 and shall come into force on 18 August 2005.

In this Order, “the Principal Order” means the European Parliamentary (United Kingdom Representatives) Pensions (Consolidation and Amendment) Order 1994^f1.

Subject to paragraphs (4) and (5), this Order shall have effect from 3^rd November 2004, but article 3 shall have effect from 1^st April 2004.

In relation to any time before section 1 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004^f2 comes into force in relation to England and Wales, the Principal Order (as amended by this Order) shall have effect with the omission of references to civil partner, surviving civil partner, civil partnership and forming a civil partnership.

From the date of the coming into force of section 1 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 in relation to England and Wales, article 12A of the Principal Order (as inserted by article 8) shall have effect with the omission of the words “(or would not have been so prevented apart from being of the same sex)”.