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The Civil Partnership (Treatment of Overseas Relationships No.2) Order 2005

S.I. 2005/3284 · Made 28 November 2005

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This Statutory Instrument revokes and replaces article 4 of S.I. 2005/3042 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.

CIVIL PARTNERSHIP, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 28th November 2005

Laid before Parliament 30th November 2005

Coming into force 5th December 2005

The Lord Chancellor makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 259 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004f1:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2004 c. 33.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Civil Partnership (Treatment of Overseas Relationships No.2) Order 2005 and shall come into force on 5th December 2005.

(2)

In this Order “recognised overseas relationship” means an overseas relationship which is treated as a civil partnership pursuant to chapter 2 of Part 5 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004.

2

(1)

Where—

(a)

a person is treated as a civil partner by virtue of having registered a recognised overseas relationship under the relevant law before 5th December 2005; and

(b)

he has, before 5th December 2005, made a will,

section 18B of the Wills Act 1837f1 is not to apply to that will.

(2)

Article 4 of the Civil Partnership (Treatment of Overseas Relationships) Order 2005f2 is revoked.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor

Catherine. M. Ashton

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Constitutional Affairs

Dated 28th November

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order revokes and replaces article 4 of the Civil Partnership (Treatment of Overseas Relationships) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3042).

Article 2(1) saves a will made before 5th December 2005 by a person who has before that date formed an overseas relationship, from becoming invalid on recognition of that relationship as a civil partnership.