Explanatory Notes

Civil Partnership Act 2004

2004 CHAPTER 33

18th November 2004

Commentary on Sections

Schedules

Schedule 29 – Minor and consequential amendments: Northern Ireland

Paragraphs 106 and 107 – Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/3162 (N.I. 21))

1148.Paragraph 106 amends the meaning of “near relative” in Article 30(7) of this Order to include civil partners and relatives of civil partners.

1149.Paragraph 107 amends the interpretation of a “connected person” to include civil partners.