Citation and interpretation
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Commencement No. 1) (Scotland) Order 2005.
(2) In this Order “the Act” means the Civil Partnership Act 2004 and references to sections are references to sections of the Act.
Provisions coming into force on 14th September 2005
2.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the provisions of the Act specified in the first column of the Schedule to this Order (which specifies the powers to be commenced) shall come into force on 14th September 2005.
(2) Where a particular purpose is specified in relation to a provision in the second column of the Schedule, that provision shall come into force on that date only for that purpose; where no particular purpose is specified it shall come into force on that date for all purposes.
GEORGE LYON
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh
31st August 2005