# The Family Proceedings (Civil Partnership: Staying of Proceedings) Rules 2005, Article 11: Transitional provision


Where—
(a) there are proceedings before the court in respect of a civil partnership which are continuing;
(b) that civil partnership is treated as having been formed by virtue of section 215(1) of the Civil Partnership Act 2004; and
(c) the overseas relationship by reference to which the parties are treated as having formed the civil partnership was registered before 5th December 2005,
then rule 3 applies to those proceedings as though the reference to the parties having lived together after the formation of the civil partnership is a reference to their having lived together after the registration of the overseas relationship.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2921/article/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-civil-partnership-staying-of-proceedings-rules-2005/article-11
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