SCHEDULE 2Transitional provision in relation to opposite-sex overseas relationships

Requirements as to other relationships in order for pre-commencement relationships to be recognised as civil partnerships

2.

(1)

Sub-paragraph (2) applies in relation to a relationship that would, disregarding this paragraph and section 212(1)(b)(ii) of the 2004 Act as it applies without this paragraph, be a relevant pre-commencement relationship.

(2)

Section 212(1)(b) of the 2004 Act has effect as if, for sub-paragraph (ii), there were substituted—

“(ii)

neither of whom was, when the relationship was registered—

(aa)

lawfully married,

(bb)

a civil partner, or

(cc)

in another relationship registered as mentioned above, which continues to subsist at the time when the Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019 come into force and is at that time an overseas relationship treated as a civil partnership for the purposes of this Act, and

(iii)

neither of whom is, immediately before the Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019 come into force, lawfully married or a civil partner.”.