Section 213
SCHEDULE 20U.K.Meaning of overseas relationship: specified relationships
A relationship is specified for the purposes of section 213 (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 |
|---|---|
| [F1Andorra | unió estable de parella |
| Australia: Tasmania | significant relationship] |
| Belgium | [F2the relationship referred to as cohabitation légale, wettelijke samenwoning or gesetzliches zusammenwohnen] |
| Belgium | marriage |
| [F3Canada | marriage] |
| Canada: Nova Scotia | domestic partnership |
| Canada: Quebec | [F4the relationship referred to as union civile or as civil union] |
| Denmark | registreret partnerskab F5. . . |
| Finland | [F6the relationship referred to as rekisteröity parisuhde or as registrerad partnerskap] |
| France | [F7pacte civil de solidarité] |
| Germany | Lebenspartnerschaft F5. . . |
| Iceland | staðfesta samvist F5. . . |
| [F8Luxembourg | the relationship referred to as partenariat enregistré or eingetragene partnerschaft] |
| Netherlands | [F9geregistreerd partnerschap] |
| Netherlands | marriage |
| [F10New Zealand | civil union] |
| Norway | registrert partnerskap F5. . . |
| [F11Spain | marriage] |
| Sweden | registrerat partnerskap F5. . . |
| [F12United States of America: California | domestic partnership] |
| [F12United States of America: Connecticut | civil union] |
| [F12United States of America: Maine | domestic partnership] |
| [F12United States of America: Massachusetts | marriage] |
| [F12United States of America: New Jersey | domestic partnership] |
| United States of America: Vermont | civil union |
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 20: entries inserted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Overseas Relationships) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3135), art. 2(a)
F2Sch. 20: words in entry substituted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Overseas Relationships and Consequential, etc. Amendments) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3129), art. 3(a)
F3Sch. 20: entry inserted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Overseas Relationships) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3135), art. 2(b)
F4Sch. 20: words in entry substituted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Overseas Relationships and Consequential, etc. Amendments) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3129), art. 3(b)
F5Sch. 20: words in brackets omitted (5.12.2005) by virtue of The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Overseas Relationships and Consequential, etc. Amendments) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3129), art. 3(f)
F6Sch. 20: words in entry substituted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Overseas Relationships and Consequential, etc. Amendments) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3129), art. 3(c)
F7Sch. 20: words in entry substituted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Overseas Relationships and Consequential, etc. Amendments) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3129), art. 3(d)
F8Sch. 20: entry inserted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Overseas Relationships) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3135), art. 2(c)
F9Sch. 20: words in entry substituted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Overseas Relationships and Consequential, etc. Amendments) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3129), art. 3(e)
F10Sch. 20: entry inserted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Overseas Relationships) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3135), art. 2(d)
F11Sch. 20: entry inserted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Overseas Relationships) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3135), art. 2(e)
F12Sch. 20: entries inserted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Overseas Relationships) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3135), art. 2(f)