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2006 No. 928 (C. 25)
CIVIL PARTNERSHIP, NORTHERN IRELAND
The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Commencement No. 4) (Northern Ireland) Order 2006
Made
27th March 2006
The Department of Finance and Personnel, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 263 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004(1), and after having consulted the Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs, makes the following Order:
Citation
1. This Order may be cited as the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Commencement No. 4) (Northern Ireland) Order 2006.
Provisions coming into force
2. The following provisions of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 shall come into force on 6th April 2006—
(a)Schedule 15, Part 6; and
(b)Schedule 17, paragraph 10(4)(b), (5)(b) and (9)(c).
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 27th March 2006.
L.S.
Ethne E. Harkness
A senior officer of the
Department of Finance and Personnel
Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force on 6th April 2006 Part 6 of Schedule 15 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33) (“the Act”). Part 6 provides for the court to have regard to pension protection fund compensation when considering the question of financial relief on the dissolution or annulment of a civil partnership or on the legal separation of civil partners. It also brings into force certain provisions of Schedule 17 to the Act which make similar provision where a civil partnership is dissolved or annulled or civil partners have been legally separated overseas and an application for financial relief is made in Northern Ireland.
A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument. A regulatory impact assessment identifying the impact on business and the exchequer of the provisions in the Act was published at the time the Act received Royal Assent. It is available from http://www.dti.gsi.uk/access/ria/index.htm.
Note as to Earlier Commencement Orders
(This note is not part of the Order)
The following provisions of the Act came into force on Royal Assent on 18th November 2004: sections 213(2) to (6), 247(2) to (7), 248(2) to (5), 254(2) to (6), 255, 258, 259, 260, 262, 263 and 264.
The following provisions of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 have been brought into force in Northern Ireland by commencement orders made before the date of this Order:
| Provision | Date of Commencement | S.I. No. |
|---|---|---|
| s. 1 | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3175(2) |
| ss. 137 and 138 | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3255(3) |
| s. 139(2) and (3) (partially) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399(4) |
| s. 139 (in so far as not already in force) | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3255 |
| s. 140(1)(a) (partially) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| s. 140 (in so far as not already in force) | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3255 |
| ss. 141 and 142 | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3255 |
| s. 143 (partially) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| s. 143 (in so far as not already in force) | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3255 |
| s. 144(4) and (6) (partially) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| s. 144 (in so far as not already in force) | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3255 |
| s. 145(3) (partially) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| s. 145 (in so far as not already in force) | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3255 |
| s. 146 | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3255 |
| s. 147(1) (partially) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| s. 147 (in so far as not already in force) | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3255 |
| s. 148 | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3255 |
| s. 149(2)(a) (partially) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| s. 149 (in so far as not already in force) | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3255 |
| ss. 150 and 151 | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3255 |
| s. 152(5) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| s. 152 (in so far as not already in force) | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3255 |
| ss. 153 and 154 | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3255 |
| s. 155(3) (partially) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| s. 155 (in so far as not already in force) | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3255 |
| s. 156(1) and (3) (partially) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| s. 156 (in so far as not already in force) | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3255 |
| s. 157 | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| s. 158 | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3255 |
| ss. 159 and 160 | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| ss. 161 to 168 | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3255 |
| s. 169(3) and (4) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| s. 169 (in so far as not already in force) | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3255 |
| ss. 170 to 183 | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3255 |
| s. 184(1) (partially) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| s. 184(2), (6) and (8) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| s. 184 (in so far as not already in force) | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3255 |
| ss. 185 and 186 | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3255 |
| s. 187(1) and (2) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| s. 187 (in so far as not already in force) | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3255 |
| s. 188 | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| s. 189(1) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| s. 189(2) (partially) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| s. 189 (in so far as not already in force) | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3255 |
| s. 190(2), (3) and (4) (partially) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| s. 190 (in so far as not already in force) | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3255 |
| s. 191(3) (partially) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| s. 191 (in so far as not already in force) | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3255 |
| ss. 192 to 209 | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3255 |
| s. 210(1), (2), (4) and (5) | 15.4.2005 | 2005/1112(5) |
| s. 210(3) | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3175 |
| s. 211 | 15.4.2005 | 2005/1112 |
| s. 212 | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3175 |
| s. 213(1) | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3175 |
| ss. 214 to 218 | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3175 |
| s. 219 | 15.4.2005 | 2005/1112 |
| s. 228 (partially) | 15.4.2005 | 2005/1112 |
| s. 228 (in so far as it is not already in force) | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3175 |
| ss. 229 and 230 | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3175 |
| s. 231 | 15.4.2005 | 2005/1112 |
| ss. 232 to 236 | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3175 |
| s. 237(1) and (6) | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3175 |
| s. 237(2) to (5) | 15.4.2005 | 2005/1112 |
| s. 238 | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3175 |
| ss. 239 to 244 | 15.4.2005 | 2005/1112 |
| s. 245 (partially) | 15.4.2005 | 2005/1112 |
| s. 245 (in so far as it is not already in force) | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3175 |
| ss. 246 and 247(1) | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3175 |
| s. 249 | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3175 |
| s. 250 | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3175 |
| s. 252 | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3255 |
| s. 253 | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3175 |
| s. 254(1) (partially) | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3255 |
| ss. 256 and 257 | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3175 |
| s. 261(3) | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3255 |
| s. 261(4) (in so far as relating to any provision which extends only to Northern Ireland) | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3255 |
| Schedule 12 (except paragraph 3) | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3255 |
| Schedule 13 paragraph 6 (partially) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| Schedule 13 (in so far as not already in force) | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3255 |
| Schedule 14 | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3255 |
| Schedule 15 paragraphs 10(2), 14(2), (3) and (4), 22(c), 23 and 24(2) and (3) (partially) | 7.11.2005 | 2005/3058(6) |
| Schedule 15 paragraph 41(2) (partially) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| Schedule 15 paragraph 41(3) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| Schedule 15 paragraphs 50(3), (4) and (5) and 75(4) (partially) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| Schedule 15 (in so far as not already in force, except Part 6) | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3255 |
| Schedule 16 paragraphs 10 and 11(2) (partially) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| Schedule 16 (in so far as not already in force) | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3255 |
| Schedule 17 paragraphs 2(3), 4(1) and 12(1) and (5) (partially) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| Schedule 17 paragraphs 14(4), (5) and (6) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| Schedule 17 (in so far as not already in force, except paragraph 10(4)(b), (5)(b) and (9)(c)) | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3255 |
| Schedules 18 and 19 | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3255 |
| Schedules 20 and 21 | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3175 |
| Schedule 22 (except paragraph 19) | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3255 |
| Schedule 23 paragraphs 2(1) and (3), 13, 15(1) and (3), 16(3)(a) and 17 (partially) | 15.4.2005 | 2005/1112 |
| Schedule 23 (in so far as it is not already in force and in so far as it extends to Northern Ireland) | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3175 |
| Schedule 24 (except paragraphs 1 to 6, 13 to 66, 86, 88, 100 to 101, 118 to 127 and 138 to 147) | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3255 |
| Schedule 25 | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3175 |
| Schedule 26 paragraphs 4, 5, 8 and 17 (partially) | 15.4.2005 | 2005/1112 |
| Schedule 26 (in so far as it is not already in force) | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3175 |
| Schedule 27 paragraph 12 | 15.4.2005 | 2005/1112 |
| Schedule 27 paragraphs 21 and 162 (partially) | 15.4.2005 | 2005/1112 |
| Schedule 27 paragraph 163 | 15.4.2005 | 2005/1112 |
| Schedule 27 (in so far as it is not already in force and in so far as it extends to Northern Ireland) | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3175 |
| Schedule 29 paragraph 94 (partially) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| Schedule 29 paragraph 64(3) (partially) | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3255 |
| Schedule 29 (in so far as not already in force except paragraphs 64(6), 64(7) and 93) | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3255 |
| Schedule 30 (in so far as relating to any provision which extends only to Northern Ireland) | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3255 |
(1)
(2)
The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3175 (C. 136)).
(3)
The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Commencement No. 3) (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3255 (C. 139)).
(4)
The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Commencement No. 1) (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2399 (C. 99)).
(5)
The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/1112 (C. 47)).
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