This Order brings into force on 14th September 2005 the provisions of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33) (“the Act”) listed in column 1 of the Schedule to the Order, all of which extend to Scotland only.

These provisions of the Act are being commenced only for particular purposes where that purpose is specified in the corresponding entry in column 2 of the Schedule to the Order. Those purposes relate to the making of regulations by the Registrar General under Part 3 of the Act.

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 in November 2004. It is available from http://www.dti.gov.uk/access/ria/index.htm.

Sections 213(2) to (6), 247(2) to (7), 248(2) to (5), 254(2) to (6), 255, 258 to 260 and 262 to 264 of the Act came into force on Royal Assent.