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- s. 102(8A) inserted by 2023 asp 3 s. 56(2)
- s. 103(10) inserted by 2023 asp 3 s. 56(5)
- s. 108(5) inserted by 2023 asp 3 s. 56(8)
- s. 213(1A) inserted by 2013 c. 30 Sch. 2 para. 5(2)
[F1PART 2SOpposite-sex relationships [F2Specified relationships: different sex couples]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 20 Pt. 2 inserted: (E.W.) (2.12.2019) by The Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1458), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1; (N.I.) (13.1.2020) by The Marriage (Same-sex Couples) and Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1514), regs. 1(2), 17(7)(c) (with regs. 6-9); and (S.) (1.2.2021 for specified purposes, 1.6.2021 in so far as not already in force) by Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 15), s. 16, sch. 1; S.S.I. 2020/414, reg. 2(1)(a)(2); S.S.I. 2021/23, reg. 2, sch. (with reg. 3)
F2Additional words inserted (S.) (1.2.2021 for specified purposes, 1.6.2021 in so far as not already in force) as part of the insertion of Sch. 20 Pt. 2 by Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 15), s. 16, sch. 1; S.S.I. 2020/414, reg. 2(1)(a)(2); S.S.I. 2021/23, reg. 2, sch. (with reg. 3)
A relationship is specified for the purposes of section 213(1)(b) (specified relationships between two people who are not of the same sex) [F2(meaning of “overseas relationship”)] if it is registered in a country or territory given in the first column of the table and fits the description given in relation to that country or territory in the second column—
| Country or territory | Description |
| Andorra | uniό estable de parella [F2(stable couple union)] |
| [F3Argentina | unión convivencial] |
| [F2Argentina: Autonomous City of Buenos Aires] | [F2unión civil (civil union)] |
| [F3Aruba | geregistreerd partnerschap] |
| Australia: Australian Capital Territory | civil partnership |
| Australia: New South Wales | a relationship registered under the Relationships Register Act 2010 |
| Australia: Queensland | civil partnership |
| Australia: South Australia | registered relationship |
| Australia: Tasmania | significant relationship |
| Australia: Victoria | registered domestic relationship |
| Austria | eingetragene Partnerschaft [F2(registered partnership)] |
| Belgium | the relationship referred to as cohabitation légale, wettelijke samenwoning or gesetzliches Zusammenwohnen [F2(legal cohabitation)] |
| Bermuda | domestic partnership |
| Brazil | união estável [F2(stable union)] |
| [F3Canada: Alberta | adult interdependent partner] |
| Canada: Manitoba | the relationship referred to as common-law relationship or as union de fait |
| Canada: Nova Scotia | domestic partnership |
| Canada: Quebec | union civile [F2the relationship referred to as union civile or as civil union] |
| Chile | unión civil [F2acuerdo de unión civil (civil union agreement)] |
| Colombia | unión marital de hecho [F2unión de hecho (de facto union)] |
| Cyprus | politiki symviosi [F2civil cohabitation] |
| Ecuador | unión de hecho [F2unión civil (civil union)] |
| [F3Estonia | Kooselulepingu] |
| [F2the] Falkland Islands | civil partnership |
| France | pacte civil de solidarité [F2(civil solidarity pact)] |
| Gibraltar | civil partnership |
| Greece | simfono simviosis [F2σύμφωνο συμβίωσης (cohabitation agreement)] |
| [F2Hungary] | [F2bejegyzett élettársi kapcsolat (registered partnership)] |
| Isle of Man | civil partnership |
| Israel | civil union |
| Luxembourg | the relationship referred to as partenariat enregistré or eingetragene Partnerschaft[F2(registered partnership)] |
| Malta | civil union |
| Mexico: Campeche | sociedad civil de Convivencia [F2(civil cohabitation union)] |
| Mexico: Coahuila | pacto civil de solidaridad [F2(civil solidarity pact)] |
| Mexico: Mexico City Federal District | sociedad de convivencia [F2(cohabitation arrangement)] |
| Mexico: Michoacán | sociedad de Convivencia [F2(cohabitation arrangement)] |
| Mexico: Tlaxcala | sociedad de convivencia solidaria [F2(permanent cohabitation arrangement)] |
| Netherlands | geregistreerd partnerschap [F2(registered partnership)] |
| New Zealand | civil union |
| San Marino | unione civile [F2(civil union)] |
| South Africa | civil partnership |
| Spain: Balearic Islands | pareja estable |
| Spain: Basque Country | pareja de hecho |
| Spain: Galicia | pareja de hecho |
| United States of America: California | domestic partnership |
| [F2United States of America: Colorado] | [F2the relationship between designated beneficiaries] |
| United States of America: Colorado | civil union |
| United States of America: District of Columbia | domestic partnership |
| United States of America: Hawaii | civil union |
| United States of America: Illinois | civil union |
| United States of America: Maine | domestic partnership |
| United States of America: Nevada | domestic partnership |
| United States of America: New Jersey | domestic partnership |
| United States of America: Washington | state registered domestic partnership] |
Textual Amendments
F3Words omitted (S.) (1.2.2021 for specified purposes, 1.6.2021 in so far as not already in force) since they were not included as part of the insertion of Sch. 20 Pt. 2 by Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 15), s. 16, sch. 1; S.S.I. 2020/414, reg. 2(1)(a)(2); S.S.I. 2021/23, reg. 2, sch. (with reg. 3)
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