# The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment No. 6) Regulations 2005, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/1004) in consequence of the coming into force on 5th December 2005 of the main provisions of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33).
Regulation 1 provides for the citation and commencement of this instrument.
Regulation 2 introduces the amendments.
Regulations 3 and 4 make amendments to the principal Regulations to secure equality of treatment between civil partners and spouses in the application of the National Insurance contributions régime.
These Regulations do not impose new costs on business.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/3130/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-contributions-amendment-no-6-regulations-2005/note
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