2005 No. 428 (C. 20)
The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Commencement No. 1) (Scotland) Order 2005
Made
The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by sections 258(2) and 263(3) of the Civil Partnership Act 20041, after consulting the Secretary of State in accordance with section 263(3) of that Act, hereby make the following Order:
Citation and interpretation1
1
This Order may be cited as the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Commencement No. 1) (Scotland) Order 2005.
2
In this Order “the Act” means the Civil Partnership Act 2004 and references to sections are references to sections of the Act.
Provisions coming into force on 14th September 20052
1
Subject to paragraph (2), the provisions of the Act specified in the first column of the Schedule to this Order (which specifies the powers to be commenced) shall come into force on 14th September 2005.
2
Where a particular purpose is specified in relation to a provision in the second column of the Schedule, that provision shall come into force on that date only for that purpose; where no particular purpose is specified it shall come into force on that date for all purposes.
SCHEDULEProvisions of the Act coming into force on 14th September 2005
Column 1 – provisions | Column 2 – purpose |
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Section 88(1) and (5) | For the purpose of the power to prescribe matters by regulations. |
Section 89(1) | For the purpose of the power to prescribe particulars by regulations. |
Section 89(2) | |
Section 90(4) | |
Section 94 | For the purpose of the power to prescribe a form by regulations. |
Section 95(3) and (4) | |
Section 97(3) | For the purpose of the power to prescribe a form by regulations. |
Section 99(2) | For the purpose of the power to prescribe errors by regulations. |
Section 122(3) | |
Section 122(4) | For the purpose of the power to prescribe fees by regulations. |
Section 126 | |
Section 134 | For the purpose of the power to prescribe matters by regulations. |
Sections 135 and 136 |
(This note is not part of the Order)
(This note is not part of the Order)
The following provisions of the Act which extend to Scotland, after consultation with the Scottish Ministers for those in Part 5 of the Act (Civil Partnership formed or dissolved abroad etc.), have been brought into force by commencement order made before the date of this Order:–
Provision | Date of Commencement | S.I.No. |
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ss. 210(1), (2), (4) and (5), 211, 219, 226, 237(2) to (5) and 239 to 244 s. 245 (partially) Sch. 23, paras. 2(1) and (3), 9, 10(1) and (3) and 17 (partially) Sch. 26, paras. 4, 5, 8 and 17 (partially) Sch. 27, para. 12 Sch. 27, paras. 21 and 162 (partially) Sch. 27, para. 163 | 15th April 2005 |
Other provisions of the Act not relevant to Scotland have been commenced for other parts of the United Kingdom.