The Marriage (Same-sex Couples) and Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2019 No. 1514

PART 3 U.K. Civil Partnership: Opposite-sex Couples

Extension of civil partnership to opposite-sex couples N.I.

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

I1 Reg. 16 in force at 13.1.2020, see reg. 1(2)