Interim treatment of different sex civil partnerships formed outwith Scotland3

1

Section 3(2) (interim treatment of different sex civil partnerships as marriages) does not apply for the purposes of an action for divorce, separation of a married couple, declarator of nullity of marriage or declarator of marriage.

2

Paragraph (1) does not affect the application of section 3(2) in relation to the determination of any application for an ancillary order in an action for—

a

the dissolution of a civil partnership,

b

the separation of civil partners, or

c

declarator of nullity of a civil partnership.

3

In this regulation, “ancillary order” means an order relating to children, aliment, financial provision, or the regulation of occupancy rights.