2020 No. 457 (C. 43)
The Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2020 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2020
Made
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
Coming into force
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 16(2) of the Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 20201 and all other powers enabling them to do so.
Citation, commencement and interpretation1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2020 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2020 and come into force on 18 January 2021.
2
In these Regulations, “the 2004 Act” means the Civil Partnership Act 20042.
Provisions coming into force on 18 January 20212
18 January 2021 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2020—
a
b
section 7(1), (2)(b) and (2)(f) (persons who may register civil partnerships between persons of different sexes), but only for the purpose of making regulations under section 94A(2A)(a)(i) of the 2004 Act5, and
c
section 14 and paragraph 5(1) and (19)(b) of schedule 2 (registration of qualifying civil partnerships following issue of full gender recognition certificate), but only for the purpose of modifying the power to make regulations under paragraph 20A(1) of schedule 3 of the Gender Recognition Act 20046.
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
(This note is not part of the Regulations)