Extension of civil partnership to opposite-sex couplesN.I.
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16.—(1) The Civil Partnership Act 2004 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 1(1) (definition of civil partnership), in the words before paragraph (a), omit “of the same sex”.
(3) In section 138(1) (conditions for eligibility to register civil partnership in Northern Ireland), omit paragraph (a) (parties must be of the same sex).
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 16 in force at 13.1.2020, see reg. 1(2)