Civil Partnership Act 2004, Section 197 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 04 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
(1)A civil partnership agreement does not under the law of Northern Ireland have effect as a contract giving rise to legal rights.
(2)No action lies in Northern Ireland for breach of a civil partnership agreement, whatever the law applicable to the agreement.
(3)In this section and section 198 “civil partnership agreement” means an agreement between two people—
(a)to register as civil partners of each other—
(i)in Northern Ireland (under Part 4),
(ii)in England and Wales (under Part 2),
(iii)in Scotland (under Part 3), or
(iv)outside the United Kingdom under an Order in Council made under Chapter 1 of Part 5 (registration at British consulates etc. or by armed forces personnel), or
(b)to enter into an overseas relationship.
(4)This section applies in relation to civil partnership agreements whether entered into before or after this section comes into force, but does not affect any action commenced before it comes into force.
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