1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Civil Partnership (Registration Abroad and Certificates) (Amendment) Order 2013.
(2) In this Order—
“overseas relationship” means a relationship which is either a specified relationship under Schedule 20 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 or a relationship which meets the general conditions in paragraph (3), and is registered with a responsible authority in a country or territory outside the United Kingdom, by two people who under the law of that country or territory are of the same sex at the time when they do so, and neither of whom is already a civil partner or lawfully married;
“registration officer” has the same meaning as in section 210(6) of the Civil Partnership Act 2004;
(3) The general conditions are that, under the law under which the overseas relationship was registered—
(a)the relationship may not be entered into if either party is already a party to a relationship of that kind or lawfully married;
(b)the relationship is of indeterminate duration; and
(c)the effect of entering into the relationship is that the parties are—
(i)treated as a couple either generally or for specified purposes, or
(ii)treated as married.
(4) This Order comes into force on 1st January 2014.