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 partnerships2
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.