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There are currently no known outstanding effects for the The Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019, Paragraph 32.

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Equality Act 2010U.K.
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32.—(1) The Equality Act 2010() is amended as follows.
(2) In section 23()—
(a)in subsection (3), omit “to a person of the opposite sex”;
(b)in subsection (4), after “married to”, in both places it occurs, insert “, or the civil partner of,”.
(3) In section 67(7)()—
(a)in paragraph (a)—
(i)after “married to”, in the first place it occurs, insert “, or the civil partner of,”;
(ii)after “married to”, in the second place it occurs, insert “ or (as the case may be) the civil partner of”;
(b)for paragraph (b) substitute—
“(b)where A is married to, or the civil partner of, someone of the same sex, A is to be compared to B where B is married to or (as the case may be) the civil partner of someone of the same sex as B.”.
(4) In Schedule 5, in paragraph 3(6), for the words from “of—” to the end substitute “of two people who are not married to, or civil partners of, each other but are living together as if they were a married couple or civil partners.”.
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