PART 3Civil Partnership: Opposite-sex Couples
Treatment of opposite-sex overseas relationships as civil partnershipsI2I118
In article 4 of the Civil Partnership (Registration Abroad and Certificates) Order 200519 (registration abroad by registration officer), after paragraph (4A) insert—
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If the relevant part of the United Kingdom is Northern Ireland, a country or territory is treated by paragraph (4) as having sufficient facilities only if—
a
in the case of proposed civil partners who are of the same sex under the law of that country or territory, the country or territory is listed in Part 1 of Schedule 20 to the Act (as it forms part of the law of Northern Ireland);
b
in the case of proposed civil partners who are of the opposite sex under that law, the country or territory is listed in Part 2 of that Schedule.