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Civil Partnership Bill [HL]

Civil Partnership Bill [HL]

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Chapter 3

Supplementary

149   

Further provision for Northern Ireland

Part 5

Civil partnerships formed or dissolved abroad etc.

Chapter 1

Registration outside UK under Order in Council

150   

Registration at British consulates etc.

151   

Registration by armed forces personnel

Chapter 2

Overseas relationships treated as civil partnerships

152   

Meaning of “overseas relationship”

153   

Specified relationships

154   

The general conditions

155   

Overseas relationships as civil partnerships: the general rule

156   

The same-sex requirement

157   

Person domiciled in a part of the United Kingdom

158   

The public policy exception

Chapter 3

Dissolution etc.: jurisdiction and recognition

Introduction

159   

Power to make provision corresponding to EC Regulation 2201/2003

Jurisdiction of courts in England and Wales

160   

Meaning of “the court”

161   

Proceedings for dissolution, separation or nullity order

162   

Proceedings for presumption of death order

163   

Proceedings for dissolution, nullity or separation order: supplementary

164   

Applications for declarations as to validity etc.

Jurisdiction of Scottish courts

165   

Jurisdiction of Scottish courts

166   

Sisting of proceedings

167   

Scottish ancillary and collateral orders

Recognition of dissolution, annulment and separation

168   

Effect of dissolution, annulment or separation obtained in the UK

 
 

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169   

Recognition in the UK of overseas dissolution, annulment or separation

170   

Grounds for recognition

171   

Refusal of recognition

172   

Supplementary provisions relating to recognition of dissolution etc.

173   

Non-recognition of overseas dissolution etc. not a bar

Chapter 4

Miscellaneous and supplementary

174   

Commanding officers’ certificates for Part 2 purposes

175   

Certificates of no impediment to overseas relationships

176   

Transmission of certificates of registration of overseas relationships

177   

Power to make provision relating to certain Commonwealth forces

178   

Fees

179   

Orders in Council: supplementary

180   

Interpretation

Part 6

Relationships arising through civil partnership

181   

Interpretation of statutory references to stepchildren etc.

182   

Provisions to which section 181 applies: Acts of Parliament etc.

183   

Provisions to which section 181 applies: Northern Ireland

Part 7

Miscellaneous

184   

Discrimination against civil partners in employment field

185   

Civil partners to have unlimited insurable interest in each other

186   

Social security, child support and tax credits

187   

Power to amend enactments relating to pensions

188   

Amendment of certain enactments relating to pensions

189   

Amendment of certain enactments relating to the armed forces

Part 8

Supplementary

190   

Regulations and orders

191   

Power to make further provision in connection with civil partnership

192   

Community obligations and civil partners

193   

Minor and consequential amendments and repeals

194   

Extent

195   

Commencement

196   

Short title

Schedule 1   —   

Prohibited degrees of relationship: England and Wales

Part 1   —   

The prohibitions

 
 

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Part 2   —   

Special provisions relating to qualified prohibitions

Schedule 2   —   

Civil partnerships of persons under 18: England and Wales

Part 1   —   

Appropriate persons

Part 2   —   

Obtaining consent: general

Part 3   —   

Obtaining consent: special procedure

Part 4   —   

Provisions relating to the court

Schedule 3   —   

Registration by former spouses one of whom has changed sex

Schedule 4   —   

Wills, administration of estates and family provision

Part 1   —   

Wills

Part 2   —   

Administration of estates and family provision

Schedule 5   —   

Financial relief in the High Court or a county court etc.

Part 1   —   

Financial provision in connection with dissolution, nullity or

separation

Part 2   —   

Property adjustment on or after dissolution, nullity or

separation

Part 3   —   

Sale of property orders

Part 4   —   

Pension sharing orders on or after dissolution or nullity order

Part 5   —   

Matters to which court is to have regard under Parts 1 to 4

Part 6   —   

Making of Part 1 orders having regard to pension benefits

Part 7   —   

Maintenance pending outcome of dissolution, nullity or

separation proceedings

Part 8   —   

Failure to maintain: financial provision (and interim orders)

Part 9   —   

Commencement of certain proceedings and duration of

certain orders

Part 10   —   

Variation, discharge etc. of certain orders for financial relief

Part 11   —   

Arrears and repayments

Part 12   —   

Consent orders and maintenance agreements

Part 13   —   

Miscellaneous and supplementary

Schedule 6   —   

Financial relief in magistrates’ courts etc.

Part 1   —   

Failure to maintain etc.: financial provision

Part 2   —   

Orders for agreed financial provision

Part 3   —   

Orders of court where civil partners living apart by agreement

Part 4   —   

Interim orders

Part 5   —   

Commencement and duration of orders under Parts 1, 2 and 3

Part 6   —   

Variation etc. of orders

Part 7   —   

Arrears and repayments

Part 8   —   

Supplementary

Schedule 7   —   

Financial relief in England and Wales after overseas

dissolution etc. of a civil partnership

Part 1   —   

Financial relief

Part 2   —   

Steps to prevent avoidance prior to application for leave under

paragraph 4

Part 3   —   

Supplementary

Schedule 8   —   

Housing and tenancies

Schedule 9   —   

Family homes and domestic violence

Part 1   —   

Amendments of the Family Law Act 1996 (c. 27)

Part 2   —   

Consequential amendments

Part 3   —   

Transitional provision

Schedule 10   —   

Forbidden degrees of relationship: Scotland

Schedule 11   —   

Financial provision in Scotland after overseas proceedings

Part 1   —   

Introductory

Part 2   —   

Circumstances in which court may entertain application for

financial provision

Part 3   —   

Disposal of applications

 
 

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Part 4   —   

The expression “order for financial provision”

Schedule 12   —   

Prohibited degrees of relationship: Northern Ireland

Schedule 13   —   

Civil partnerships of persons under 18: Northern Ireland

Part 1   —   

Appropriate persons

Part 2   —   

Dispensing with consent

Part 3   —   

Recording consents and orders

Schedule 14   —   

Meaning of overseas relationship: specified relationships

Schedule 15   —   

References to step-children etc. in existing Acts

Schedule 16   —   

References to stepchildren etc. in existing Northern Ireland

legislation

Schedule 17   —   

Social security, child support and tax credits

Part 1   —   

Amendments of the Child Support Act 1991 (c. 48)

Part 2   —   

Amendments of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits

Act 1992 (c. 4)

Part 3   —   

Amendments of the Social Security Administration Act 1992

(c. 5)

Part 4   —   

Amendments of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits

(Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 7)

Part 5   —   

Amendments of the Jobseekers Act 1995 (c. 18)

Part 6   —   

Amendments of the Child Support Act 1995 (c. 34)

Part 7   —   

Amendments of the State Pension Credit Act 2002 (c. 16)

Part 8   —   

Amendments of the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21)

Schedule 18   —   

Amendment of certain enactments relating to pensions

Schedule 19   —   

Amendment of certain enactments relating to the armed forces

Schedule 20   —   

Minor and consequential amendments: general

Schedule 21   —   

Consequential amendments: Scotland

Part 1   —   

Amendments of the Succession (Scotland) Act 1964 (c. 41)

Part 2   —   

Amendments of the Family Law (Scotland) Act 1985 (c. 37)

Part 3   —   

Amendments of the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985 (c. 66)

Part 4   —   

Miscellaneous amendments

Schedule 22   —   

Repeals

 
 

 
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