SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 20Meaning of overseas relationship: specified relationships
F35Part 1
F32Same-sex relationships
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)
A relationship is specified for the purposes of F34section 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 |
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F1Andorra | unió estable de parella |
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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 |
F14Australia: Victoria | registered domestic relationship |
Austria | eingetragene Partnerschaft |
Belgium | F2the relationship referred to as cohabitation légale, wettelijke samenwoning or gesetzliches zusammenwohnen |
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Brazil | união estável |
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F16Canada: Manitoba | the relationship referred to as common-law relationship or as union de fait |
Canada: Nova Scotia | domestic partnership |
Canada: Quebec | F4the relationship referred to as union civile or as civil union |
F17Colombia | unión de hecho |
Czech Republic | registrované partnertsví |
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Denmark | registreret partnerskab F5. . . |
F18Ecuador | unión civil |
Finland | F6the relationship referred to as rekisteröity parisuhde or as registrerad partnerskap |
France | F7pacte civil de solidarité |
Germany | Lebenspartnerschaft F5. . . |
F19Greenland | the relationship referred to as nalunaarsukkamik inooqatigiinneq or as registreret partnerskab |
Hungary | bejegyzett élettársi kapcsolat |
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Iceland | staðfesta samvist F5. . . |
F20Ireland | civil partnership |
Isle of Man | civil partnership |
Jersey | civil partnership |
Liechtenstein | eingetragene Partnerschaft |
F8Luxembourg | the relationship referred to as partenariat enregistré or eingetragene partnerschaft |
F21Mexico: Coahuila | F21pacto civil de solidaridad |
F21Mexico: Mexico City Federal District | F21sociedad de convivencia |
Netherlands | F9geregistreerd partnerschap |
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F10New Zealand | civil union |
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Norway | registrert partnerskap F5. . . |
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F23Slovenia | zakon o registraciji istospolne partnerske skupnosti |
F23South Africa | civil partnership |
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Sweden | registrerat partnerskap F5. . . |
F25Switzerland | the relationship referred to as eingetragene Partnerschaft, as partnenariat enregistré or as unione domestica registrata |
F12United States of America: California | domestic partnership |
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F26United States of America: Colorado | the relationship between designated beneficiaries |
F12United States of America: Connecticut | civil union |
F27United States of America: Delaware | F27civil union |
F27United States of America: Hawaii | F27civil union |
F27United States of America: Hawaii | F27reciprocal beneficiary relationship |
F27United States of America: Illinois | F27civil union |
F12United States of America: Maine | domestic partnership |
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F28United States of America: Nevada | F28domestic partnership |
F28United States of America: New Jersey | F28civil union |
F12United States of America: New Jersey | domestic partnership |
F29United States of America: Oregon | F29domestic partnership |
F29United States of America: Rhode Island | F29civil union |
United States of America: Vermont | civil union |
F30United States of America: Washington | F30state registered domestic partnership |
F30United States of America: Wisconsin | F30domestic partnership |
F30Uruguay | F30unión concubinaria |
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)