Requirements for existing overseas relationship to be recognised as civil partnershipN.I.
173.—(1) Paragraph (2) applies in relation to a relationship that would, disregarding—
(a)this regulation, and
(b)section 212(1)(b)(ii) of CPA 2004 as it applies without this regulation,
be a relevant pre-commencement relationship.
(2) Section 212(1)(b) of CPA 2004 has effect as if, for sub-paragraph (ii), there were substituted—
“(ii)neither of whom was, when the relationship was registered—
(aa)lawfully married,
(bb)a civil partner, or
(cc)in another relationship registered as mentioned above, which continues to subsist at the start of 13 January 2020 and is at that time an overseas relationship treated as a civil partnership for the purposes of this Act,
(iii)neither of whom is, immediately before 13 January 2020, lawfully married or a civil partner.”.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 173 in force at 13.1.2020, see reg. 1(2)