Approval of religious premises for formation of civil partnership
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7. In section 6 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004(1), after subsection (3C) insert—
“(3D) Where, further to regulations under section 6A of this Act or section 2 of the Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc) Act 2019, an approval of premises for the purposes of subsection (3A)(a) has effect—
(a)only in relation to civil partnerships formed by two people of the same sex, or
(b)only in relation to civil partnerships formed by two people of the opposite sex,
the premises are “approved premises”, for the purposes of this Part, only in relation to civil partnerships of that sort.”.
(1)
Section 6 was amended by S.I. 2005/2000 and by the Equality Act 2010 (c.15), Schedule 27, paragraph 1.