The Civil Partnership (Overseas Relationships) (Scotland) Order 2005

Overseas relationships dissolved etc. before commencement treated as civil partnerships

2.  The following provisions are specified for the purpose of section 215(5)(b) of the Act (overseas relationships treated as civil partnerships: the general rule)–

(a) section 2 (Marriage of related persons) and section 3 (Notice of intention to marry) of and Schedule 1 (Degrees of Relationship) to the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977(1);

(b) the Damages (Scotland) Act 1976(2); and

(c) section 86 (Eligibility) and section 88 (Notice of proposed civil partnership) of and Schedule 10 (Forbidden Degrees of Relationship: Scotland) to the Act.

(1)

1977 c. 15; section 2 was amended by the Law Reform (Parent and Child) (Scotland) Act 1986 (c. 9), Schedule 1, paragraph 17 and Schedule 2 and by the Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Act 1986 (c. 16), Schedule 2; section 3 was amended by the Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Act 1986, Schedule 2 and by the Family Law Act 1986 (c. 55), Schedule 1, paragraph 21; Schedule 1 was amended by the Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Act 1986, Schedule 2.

(2)

1976 c. 13. Relevantly amended by the Administration of Justice Act 1982, section 14(4) and 73(5) and the Law Reform (Parent and Child) (Scotland) Act 1986, sections 9, 10(1) and Schedule 1, paragraph 15.