13. In this Part “civil partnership” means a civil partnership which—
(a)was registered in Scotland; or
(b)was registered outside the United Kingdom under an Order in Council made under Chapter 1 of Part 5 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004(1) where—
(i)the parties to the civil partnership elected Scotland as the relevant part of the United Kingdom under the Order; and
(ii)details of the civil partnership were sent to the Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages for Scotland;
and has not been dissolved, annulled or ended by death.