The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Commencement No. 2) (Northern Ireland) Order 2005

Statutory Instruments

2005 No. 3058 (C. 132)

CIVIL PARTNERSHIP, NORTHERN IRELAND

The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Commencement No. 2) (Northern Ireland) Order 2005

Made

31st October 2005

The Department of Finance and Personnel, in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by section 263 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004(1), and after having consulted the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation

1.  This Order may be cited as the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Commencement No. 2) (Northern Ireland) Order 2005.

Provisions coming into force on 7th November 2005

2.—(1) The provisions of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 specified in paragraph (2) shall come into force on 7th November 2005.

(2) Schedule 15, paragraphs 10(2), 14(2), (3) and (4), 22(c), 23 and 24(2) and (3) for the purpose of the powers in these provisions to prescribe matters by regulations.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 31st October 2005.

L.S.

Ethne E. Harkness

A senior officer of the

Department of Finance and Personnel

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force on 7th November 2005 the provisions of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33) (“the Act”) in article 2(2) for the purpose of the powers in these provisions to prescribe matters by regulations.

A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument. A regulatory impact assessment identifying the impact on business and the exchequer of the provisions of the Act was published at the time the Act received Royal Assent. It is available from http://www.dti.gov.uk/access/ria/index.htm.

Note as to Earlier Commencement Orders

(This note is not part of the Order)

The following provisions of the Act came into force on Royal Assent on 18th November 2004: sections 213(2) to (6), 247(2) to (7), 248(2) to (5), 254(2) to (6), 25, 258, 259, 260, 262, 263 and 264.

The following provisions of the Act have been brought into force in Northern Ireland by commencement orders made before the date of this Order:

Provision	Date of Commencement	S.I. No.
s. 139(2) and (3) (partially)	5.9.2005	2005/2399(2)
s. 140(1)(a) (partially)	5.9.2005	2005/2399
s. 143 (partially)	5.9.2005	2005/2399
s. 144(4) and (6) (partially)	5.9.2005	2005/2399
s. 145(3) (partially)	5.9.2005	2005/2399
s. 147(1) (partially)	5.9.2005	2005/2399
s. 149(2)(a) (partially)	5.9.2005	2005/2399
s. 152(5)	5.9.2005	2005/2399
s. 155(3) (partially)	5.9.2005	2005/2399
s. 156(1) and (3) (partially)	5.9.2005	2005/2399
s. 157	5.9.2005	2005/2399
ss. 159 and 160	5.9.2005	2005/2399
s. 169(3) and (4)	5.9.2005	2005/2399
s. 184(1) (partially)	5.9.2005	2005/2399
s. 184(2), (6) and (8)	5.9.2005	2005/2399
s. 187(1) and (2)	5.9.2005	2005/2399
s. 188	5.9.2005	2005/2399
s. 189(1)	5.9.2005	2005/2399
s. 189(2) (partially)	5.9.2005	2005/2399
s. 190(2), (3) and (4) (partially)	5.9.2005	2005/2399
s. 191(3) (partially)	5.9.2005	2005/2399
s. 210(1), (2), (4) and (5)	15.4.2005	2005/1112(3)
s. 211	15.4.2005	2005/1112
s. 219	15.4.2005	2005/1112
s. 228 (partially)	15.4.2005	2005/1112
s. 231	15.4.2005	2005/1112
s. 237(2) to (5)	15.4.2005	2005/1112
ss. 239 to 244	15.4.2005	2005/1112
s. 245 (partially)	15.4.2005	2005/1112
Schedule 13 paragraph 6 (partially)	5.9.2005	2005/2399
Schedule 15 paragraph 41(2) (partially)	5.9.2005	2005/2399
Schedule 15 paragraph 41(3)	5.9.2005	2005/2399
Schedule 15 paragraphs 50(3), (4) and (5) and 75(4) (partially)	5.9.2005	2005/2399
Schedule 16 paragraphs 10 and 11(2) (partially)	5.9.2005	2005/2399
Schedule 17 paragraphs 2(3), 4(1) and 12(1) and (5) (partially)	5.9.2005	2005/2399
Schedule 17 paragraphs 14(4), (5) and (6)	5.9.2005	2005/2399
Schedule 23 paragraphs 2(1) and (3), 13, 15(1) and (3), 16(3)(a) and 17 (partially)	15.4.2005	2005/1112
Schedule 26 paragraphs 4, 5, 8 and 17 (partially)	15.4.2005	2005/1112
Schedule 27 paragraph 12	15.4.2005	2005/1112
Schedule 27 paragraphs 21 and 162 (partially)	15.4.2005	2005/1112
Schedule 27 paragraph 163	15.4.2005	2005/1112
Schedule 29 paragraph 94 (partially)	5.9.2005	2005/2399

(1)

2004 c. 33

(2)

The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Commencement No. 1) (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005 No. 2399 (C. 99))

(3)

The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005 No. 1112 (C. 47))