The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Relationships Arising Through Civil Partnership) Order 2006

Statutory Instruments

2006 No. 1121

CIVIL PARTNERSHIP

The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Relationships Arising Through Civil Partnership) Order 2006

Made

19th April 2006

Laid before Parliament

20th April 2006

Coming into force

11th May 2006

The Treasury are a Minister of the Crown within the meaning of the Ministers of the Crown Act 1975(1).

The Treasury make the following Order in exercise of the power conferred upon a Minister of the Crown by section 247(2)(b) of the Civil Partnership Act 2004(2).

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Relationships Arising Through Civil Partnership) Order 2006 and shall come into force on 11th May 2006.

References to stepchildren etc. in the Social Security (Categorisation of Earners) Regulations 1978

2.  Section 246 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (interpretation of statutory references to stepchildren etc.) applies to the entry in column (A) of paragraph 7 of Part 3 of Schedule 1 (employment by father, etc) to the Social Security (Categorisation of Earners) Regulations 1978(3).

Tom Watson

Joan Ryan

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

19th April 2006

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order applies section 246 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (“the Act”) to paragraph 7 of part 3 of Schedule 1 to the Social Security (Categorisation of Earners) Regulations 1978 (S.I. 1978/1689) (“the 1978 Regulations”).

Section 246 of the Act provides that references to “step” relationships and “in laws” in any provision to which the section applies are to be read as including relationships arising through civil partnership.

Article 1 provides for citation and commencement.

Article 2 applies section 246 to the entry in column (A) of paragraph 7 of Part 3 of Schedule 1 to the 1978 Regulations. Paragraph 7 contains details of specified employment by various family members which is to be disregarded in relation to liability for national insurance contributions.

A regulatory appraisal has not been prepared for this instrument as it has no impact on the costs of business, charities, voluntary bodies or any public bodies distinct from that of the Civil Partnership Act 2004. A full regulatory impact assessment for civil partnership was published alongside the Civil Partnership Act 2004 and can be viewed at http:\\www.dti.gov.uk/access/ria/index.htim#equality.

(1)

1975 c. 26.

(2)

2004 c. 33.

(3)

S.I. 1978/1689, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.