SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 20

Meaning of overseas relationship: specified relationships
Section 213

Part 1

Same-sex relationships
A relationship is specified for the purposes of section 213(1)(a) (specified relationships between two people of the same sex) if it is registered in a country or territory given in the first column of the table and fits the description given in relation to that country or territory in the second column—
Country or territory | Description
Andorra | unió estable de parella
Argentina | marriage
Argentina: Autonomous City of Buenos Aires | unión civil
Australia: Australian Capital Territory | civil partnership
Australia: New South Wales | a relationship registered under the Relationships Register Act 2010
Australia: Queensland | civil partnership
Australia: Tasmania | significant relationship
Australia: Victoria | registered domestic relationship
Austria | eingetragene Partnerschaft
Belgium | the relationship referred to as cohabitation légale, wettelijke samenwoning or gesetzliches zusammenwohnen
Belgium | marriage
Brazil | marriage
Brazil | união estável
Canada | marriage
Canada: Manitoba | the relationship referred to as common-law relationship or as union de fait
Canada: Nova Scotia | domestic partnership
Canada: Quebec | the relationship referred to as union civile or as civil union
Colombia | unión de hecho
Czech Republic | registrované partnertsví
Denmark | marriage
Denmark | registreret partnerskab . . .
Ecuador | unión civil
Finland | the relationship referred to as rekisteröity parisuhde or as registrerad partnerskap
France | pacte civil de solidarité
Germany | Lebenspartnerschaft . . .
Greenland | the relationship referred to as nalunaarsukkamik inooqatigiinneq or as registreret partnerskab
Hungary | bejegyzett élettársi kapcsolat
Iceland | marriage
Iceland | staðfesta samvist . . .
Ireland | civil partnership
Isle of Man | civil partnership
Jersey | civil partnership
Liechtenstein | eingetragene Partnerschaft
Luxembourg | the relationship referred to as partenariat enregistré or eingetragene partnerschaft
Mexico: Coahuila | pacto civil de solidaridad
Mexico: Mexico City Federal District | marriage
Mexico: Mexico City Federal District | sociedad de convivencia
Netherlands | geregistreerd partnerschap
Netherlands | marriage
New Zealand | civil union
Norway | marriage
Norway | registrert partnerskap . . .
Portugal | marriage
Slovenia | zakon o registraciji istospolne partnerske skupnosti
South Africa | civil partnership
South Africa | marriage
Spain | marriage
Sweden | marriage
Sweden | registrerat partnerskap . . .
Switzerland | the relationship referred to as eingetragene Partnerschaft, as partnenariat enregistré or as unione domestica registrata
United States of America: California | domestic partnership
United States of America: California | marriage
United States of America: Colorado | the relationship between designated beneficiaries
United States of America: Connecticut | civil union
United States of America: Connecticut | marriage
United States of America: Delaware | civil union
United States of America: District of Columbia | marriage
United States of America: Hawaii | civil union
United States of America: Hawaii | reciprocal beneficiary relationship
United States of America: Illinois | civil union
United States of America: Iowa | marriage
United States of America: Maine | domestic partnership
United States of America: Massachusetts | marriage
United States of America: Nevada | domestic partnership
United States of America: New Hampshire | marriage
United States of America: New Jersey | civil union
United States of America: New Jersey | domestic partnership
United States of America: New York | marriage
United States of America: Oregon | domestic partnership
United States of America: Rhode Island | civil union
United States of America: Vermont | civil union
United States of America: Vermont | marriage
United States of America: Washington | state registered domestic partnership
United States of America: Wisconsin | domestic partnership
Uruguay | unión concubinaria
PART 2

Opposite-sex relationships

Specified relationships: different sex couples
A relationship is specified for the purposes of section 213(1)(b) (specified relationships between two people who are not of the same sex)
(meaning of “overseas relationship”)
if it is registered in a country or territory given in the first column of the table and fits the description given in relation to that country or territory in the second column—
Country or territory | Description
Andorra | uniό estable de parella (stable couple union)
Argentina | unión convivencial
Argentina: Autonomous City of Buenos Aires | unión civil (civil union)
Aruba | geregistreerd partnerschap
Australia: Australian Capital Territory | civil partnership
Australia: New South Wales | a relationship registered under the Relationships Register Act 2010
Australia: Queensland | civil partnership
Australia: South Australia | registered relationship
Australia: Tasmania | significant relationship
Australia: Victoria | registered domestic relationship
Austria | eingetragene Partnerschaft (registered partnership)
Belgium | the relationship referred to as cohabitation légale, wettelijke samenwoning or gesetzliches Zusammenwohnen (legal cohabitation)
Bermuda | domestic partnership
Brazil | união estável (stable union)
Canada: Alberta | adult interdependent partner
Canada: Manitoba | the relationship referred to as common-law relationship or as union de fait
Canada: Nova Scotia | domestic partnership
Canada: Quebec | union civile the relationship referred to as union civile or as civil union
Chile | unión civil acuerdo de unión civil (civil union agreement)
Colombia | unión marital de hecho unión de hecho (de facto union)
Cyprus | politiki symviosi civil cohabitation
Ecuador | unión de hecho unión civil (civil union)
Estonia | Kooselulepingu
the Falkland Islands | civil partnership
France | pacte civil de solidarité (civil solidarity pact)
Gibraltar | civil partnership
Greece | simfono simviosis σύμφωνο συμβίωσης (cohabitation agreement)
Hungary | bejegyzett élettársi kapcsolat (registered partnership)
Isle of Man | civil partnership
Israel | civil union
Luxembourg | the relationship referred to as partenariat enregistré or eingetragene Partnerschaft (registered partnership)
Malta | civil union
Mexico: Campeche | sociedad civil de Convivencia (civil cohabitation union)
Mexico: Coahuila | pacto civil de solidaridad (civil solidarity pact)
Mexico: Mexico City Federal District | sociedad de convivencia (cohabitation arrangement)
Mexico: Michoacán | sociedad de Convivencia (cohabitation arrangement)
Mexico: Tlaxcala | sociedad de convivencia solidaria (permanent cohabitation arrangement)
Netherlands | geregistreerd partnerschap (registered partnership)
New Zealand | civil union
San Marino | unione civile (civil union)
South Africa | civil partnership
Spain: Balearic Islands | pareja estable
Spain: Basque Country | pareja de hecho
Spain: Galicia | pareja de hecho
United States of America: California | domestic partnership
United States of America: Colorado | the relationship between designated beneficiaries
United States of America: Colorado | civil union
United States of America: District of Columbia | domestic partnership
United States of America: Hawaii | civil union
United States of America: Illinois | civil union
United States of America: Maine | domestic partnership
United States of America: Nevada | domestic partnership
United States of America: New Jersey | domestic partnership
United States of America: Washington | state registered domestic partnership
Sch. 20: entries inserted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Overseas Relationships) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3135), art. 2(a)
Sch. 20: words in entry substituted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Overseas Relationships and Consequential, etc. Amendments) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3129), art. 3(a)
Sch. 20: entry inserted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Overseas Relationships) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3135), art. 2(b)
Sch. 20: words in entry substituted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Overseas Relationships and Consequential, etc. Amendments) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3129), art. 3(b)
Sch. 20: words in brackets omitted (5.12.2005) by virtue of The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Overseas Relationships and Consequential, etc. Amendments) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3129), art. 3(f)
Sch. 20: words in entry substituted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Overseas Relationships and Consequential, etc. Amendments) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3129), art. 3(c)
Sch. 20: words in entry substituted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Overseas Relationships and Consequential, etc. Amendments) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3129), art. 3(d)
Sch. 20: entry inserted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Overseas Relationships) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3135), art. 2(c)
Sch. 20: words in entry substituted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Overseas Relationships and Consequential, etc. Amendments) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3129), art. 3(e)
Sch. 20: entry inserted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Overseas Relationships) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3135), art. 2(d)
Sch. 20: entry inserted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Overseas Relationships) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3135), art. 2(e)
Sch. 20: entries inserted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Overseas Relationships) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3135), art. 2(f)
Words in Sch. 20 inserted (31.1.2013) by The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Overseas Relationships) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2976), art. 1, Sch. para. 2
Words in Sch. 20 inserted (31.1.2013) by The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Overseas Relationships) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2976), art. 1, Sch. para. 3
Words in Sch. 20 inserted (31.1.2013) by The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Overseas Relationships) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2976), art. 1, Sch. para. 4
Words in Sch. 20 inserted (31.1.2013) by The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Overseas Relationships) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2976), art. 1, Sch. para. 5
Words in Sch. 20 inserted (31.1.2013) by The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Overseas Relationships) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2976), art. 1, Sch. para. 6
Words in Sch. 20 inserted (31.1.2013) by The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Overseas Relationships) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2976), art. 1, Sch. para. 7
Words in Sch. 20 inserted (31.1.2013) by The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Overseas Relationships) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2976), art. 1, Sch. para. 8
Words in Sch. 20 inserted (31.1.2013) by The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Overseas Relationships) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2976), art. 1, Sch. para. 9
Words in Sch. 20 inserted (31.1.2013) by The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Overseas Relationships) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2976), art. 1, Sch. para. 10
Words in Sch. 20 inserted (31.1.2013) by The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Overseas Relationships) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2976), art. 1, Sch. para. 11
Words in Sch. 20 inserted (31.1.2013) by The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Overseas Relationships) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2976), art. 1, Sch. para. 12
Words in Sch. 20 inserted (31.1.2013) by The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Overseas Relationships) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2976), art. 1, Sch. para. 13
Words in Sch. 20 inserted (31.1.2013) by The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Overseas Relationships) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2976), art. 1, Sch. para. 14
Words in Sch. 20 inserted (31.1.2013) by The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Overseas Relationships) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2976), art. 1, Sch. para. 15
Words in Sch. 20 inserted (31.1.2013) by The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Overseas Relationships) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2976), art. 1, Sch. para. 16
Words in Sch. 20 inserted (31.1.2013) by The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Overseas Relationships) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2976), art. 1, Sch. para. 17
Words in Sch. 20 inserted (31.1.2013) by The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Overseas Relationships) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2976), art. 1, Sch. para. 18
Words in Sch. 20 inserted (31.1.2013) by The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Overseas Relationships) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2976), art. 1, Sch. para. 19
Sch. 20: entries repealed (S.) (16.12.2014) by Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 5), ss. 26(3), 36; S.S.I. 2014/287, art. 3, sch. (with art. 5); and words omitted (N.I.) (13.1.2020) by virtue of The Marriage (Same-sex Couples) and Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1514), regs. 1(2), 17(7)(b)(ii) (with regs. 6-9)
Sch. 20 Pt. 1 heading inserted (E.W.) (2.12.2019) by The Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1458), regs. 1(2), 5(6)(b)
Sch. 20: entries repealed (S.) (16.12.2014) by Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 5), ss. 26(3), 36; S.S.I. 2014/287, art. 3, sch. (with art. 5); and words omitted (N.I.) (13.1.2020) by virtue of The Marriage (Same-sex Couples) and Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1514), regs. 1(2), 17(7)(b)(ii) (with regs. 6-9)
Words in Sch. 20 Pt. 1 substituted: (E.W.) (2.12.2019) by The Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1458), regs. 1(2), 5(6)(c); (N.I.) (13.1.2020) by The Marriage (Same-sex Couples) and Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1514), regs. 1(2), 17(7)(b)(i) (with regs. 6-9); and words “section 213(1)(a)” substituted for “section 213” (S.) (1.2.2021 for specified purposes, 1.6.2021 in so far as not already in force) by Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 15), ss. 2(6)(b), 16; S.S.I. 2020/414, reg. 2(1)(a)(2); S.S.I. 2021/23, reg. 2, sch. (with reg. 3)
Sch. 20 renumbered as Sch. 20 Pt. 1 (E.W.) (2.12.2019) by The Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1458), regs. 1(2), 5(6)(a); (N.I.) (13.1.2020) by The Marriage (Same-sex Couples) and Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1514), regs. 1(2), 17(7)(a) (with regs. 6-9); and (S.) (1.2.2021 for specified purposes, 1.6.2021 in so far as not already in force) by Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 15), ss. 2(6)(a), 16; S.S.I. 2020/414, reg. 2(1)(a)(2); S.S.I. 2021/23, reg. 2, sch. (with reg. 3)
Sch. 20 Pt. 2 inserted: (E.W.) (2.12.2019) by The Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1458), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1; (N.I.) (13.1.2020) by The Marriage (Same-sex Couples) and Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1514), regs. 1(2), 17(7)(c) (with regs. 6-9); and (S.) (1.2.2021 for specified purposes, 1.6.2021 in so far as not already in force) by Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 15), s. 16, sch. 1; S.S.I. 2020/414, reg. 2(1)(a)(2); S.S.I. 2021/23, reg. 2, sch. (with reg. 3)
Additional words inserted (S.) (1.2.2021 for specified purposes, 1.6.2021 in so far as not already in force) as part of the insertion of Sch. 20 Pt. 2 by Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 15), s. 16, sch. 1; S.S.I. 2020/414, reg. 2(1)(a)(2); S.S.I. 2021/23, reg. 2, sch. (with reg. 3)
Words omitted (S.) (1.2.2021 for specified purposes, 1.6.2021 in so far as not already in force) since they were not included as part of the insertion of Sch. 20 Pt. 2 by Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 15), s. 16, sch. 1; S.S.I. 2020/414, reg. 2(1)(a)(2); S.S.I. 2021/23, reg. 2, sch. (with reg. 3)