Citation, commencement and interpretation1.

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Relationships Arising Through Civil Partnership) Order (Northern Ireland) 2005 and shall come into operation on 5th December 2005.

(2)

In this Order “the Act” means “the Civil Partnership Act 2004”.

(3)

The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 19542 applies to this Order as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.