PART 3Religious protection

Religious employment of persons in same-sex or opposite-sex civil partnerships

11.  In Schedule 9 to the Equality Act 2010, in paragraph 2(4)—

(a)in paragraph (ca)(1), after “married to” insert “, or the civil partner of,”;

(b)after paragraph (ca) insert—

(cb)a requirement not to be the civil partner of a person of the opposite sex;.

(1)

Paragraph (ca) was added by the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013, Schedule 7, paragraph 45.