SCHEDULE 1Recognition of overseas different sex relationships

(introduced by section 2(6)(c))

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The following is the text to be inserted as Part 2 of schedule 20 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004—

PART 2Specified relationships: different sex couples

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A relationship is specified for the purposes of section 213(1)(b) (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

unió estable de parella (stable couple union)

Argentina: Autonomous City of Buenos Aires

unión civil (civil union)

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 (registered partnership)

Belgium

the relationship referred to as cohabitation légale, wettelijke samenwoning or gesetzliches zusammenwohnen (legal cohabitation)

Bermuda

domestic partnership

Brazil

união estável (stable union)

Canada: Manitoba

the relationship referred to as common-law relationship or as union de fait

Canada: Nova Scotia

domestic partnership

Canada: Quebec

the relationship referred to as union civile or as civil union

Chile

acuerdo de unión civil (civil union agreement)

Colombia

unión de hecho (de facto union)

Cyprus

civil cohabitation

Ecuador

unión civil (civil union)

the Falkland Islands

civil partnership

France

pacte civil de solidarité (civil solidarity pact)

Gibraltar

civil partnership

Greece

σύμφωνο συμβίωσης (cohabitation agreement)

Hungary

bejegyzett élettársi kapcsolat (registered partnership)

Isle of Man

civil partnership

Israel

civil union

Luxembourg

the relationship referred to as partenariat enregistré or eingetragene Partnerschaft (registered partnership)

Malta

civil union

Mexico: Campeche

sociedad civil de conviviencia (civil cohabitation union)

Mexico: Coahuila

pacto civil de solidaridad (civil solidarity pact)

Mexico: Mexico City Federal District

sociedad de conviviencia (cohabitation arrangement)

Mexico: Michoacan

sociedad de conviviencia (cohabitation arrangement)

Mexico: Tlaxcala

sociedad de conviviencia solidaria (permanent cohabitation arrangement)

Netherlands

geregistreerd partnerschap (registered partnership)

New Zealand

civil union

San Marino

unione civile (civil union)

South Africa

civil partnership

United States of America: California

domestic partnership

United States of America: Colorado

the 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