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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/2976/article/1/made</dc:identifier><dc:title>The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Overseas Relationships) Order 2012</dc:title><dc:subject>Civil partnership</dc:subject><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher>King's Printer of Acts of Parliament</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2014-11-14</dc:modified><dc:subject scheme="SIheading">CIVIL PARTNERSHIP</dc:subject>
					<dc:description>This Order amends Schedule 20 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33) (“the Act”). Schedule 20 specifies overseas relationships that may be treated as civil partnerships for the purposes of the Act, provided certain other conditions in the Act are satisfied.</dc:description>
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<Text>This Order may be cited as the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Overseas Relationships) Order 2012 and comes into force on 31st January 2013.</Text>
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