Article 3
SCHEDULE 2CONSEQUENTIAL MODIFICATIONS TO SECONDARY LEGISLATION
The Civil Partnership (Registration Abroad and Certificates) Order 2005
1. In article 4 of the Civil Partnership (Registration Abroad and Certificates) Order 2005 (registration of civil partnership by registration officer)(1), after paragraph (4AA), insert—
“(4AB) If the relevant part of the United Kingdom is Scotland, a country or territory is treated by paragraph (4) as having sufficient facilities only if—
(a)in the case of proposed civil partners who are of the same sex under the law of that country or territory, the country or territory is listed in Part 1 of Schedule 20 to the Act (as it forms part of the law of Scotland),
(b)in the case of proposed civil partners who are of the opposite sex under that law, the country or territory is listed in Part 2 of that Schedule.”.
The Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 and Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2014
2.—(1) The Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 and Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2014(2) is amended as follows.
(2) In article 13 (meaning of civil partnership), after “a civil partnership”, insert “between two people who are of the same sex”.
(3) Article 15 (modification of the 2004 Act) is revoked.
S.I. 2005/2761. Article 4 has been amended by article 4(a) of S.I. 2012/3063, by regulation 38(3) of S.I. 2019/1458, and by regulation 18 of S.I. 2019/1514.