Statutory Instruments
2019 No. 1458
Civil Partnership, England And Wales
The Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019
Made
5th November 2019
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2)
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 2(1), (3), (5) and (7) and 5(2), (4) and (5) of the Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc) Act 2019(1), section 64(1) and (2) of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008(2), and section 17(2) and (3) of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013(3).
The Secretary of State has carried out consultation in accordance with section 2(6) of the Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc) Act 2019.
The Welsh Ministers have been consulted in accordance with section 64(6) of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008(4).
A draft of this instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament in accordance with section 5(7) of the Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc) Act 2019, section 62(3) of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008, and section 18(2) of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013.