The Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019 No. 1458

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

Pre-commencement wills not to be revoked by virtue of recognition of pre-commencement relationships as civil partnerships

5.  The formation of a civil partnership treated as having occurred, in relation to a pre-commencement relationship, by section 215(5B) of the 2004 Act (as amended by these Regulations) does not have effect under section 18B of the Wills Act 1837(1) to revoke a will made before the commencement date.

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1837 c. 26. Section 18B was added by the Civil Partnership Act 2004, Schedule 4, paragraph 2.