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A relationship is specified for the purposes of section 213 (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 |
|---|---|
| [F1Andorra | unió estable de parella |
| [F2Argentina | 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] |
| [F3Australia: Victoria | registered domestic relationship |
| Austria | eingetragene Partnerschaft] |
| Belgium | [F4the relationship referred to as cohabitation légale, wettelijke samenwoning or gesetzliches zusammenwohnen] |
| Belgium | marriage |
| [F5Brazil | marriage |
| Brazil | união estável] |
| [F6Canada | marriage] |
| [F7Canada: Manitoba | the relationship referred to as common-law relationship or as union de fait] |
| Canada: Nova Scotia | domestic partnership |
| Canada: Quebec | [F8the relationship referred to as union civile or as civil union] |
| [F9Colombia | unión de hecho |
| Czech Republic | registrované partnertsví |
| Denmark | marriage] |
| Denmark | registreret partnerskab F10. . . |
| [F11Ecuador | unión civil] |
| Finland | [F12the relationship referred to as rekisteröity parisuhde or as registrerad partnerskap] |
| France | [F13pacte civil de solidarité] |
| Germany | Lebenspartnerschaft F10. . . |
| [F14Greenland | the relationship referred to as nalunaarsukkamik inooqatigiinneq or as registreret partnerskab |
| Hungary | bejegyzett élettársi kapcsolat |
| Iceland | marriage] |
| Iceland | staðfesta samvist F10. . . |
| [F15Ireland | civil partnership |
| Isle of Man | civil partnership |
| Jersey | civil partnership |
| Liechtenstein | eingetragene Partnerschaft] |
| [F16Luxembourg | the relationship referred to as partenariat enregistré or eingetragene partnerschaft] |
| [F17Mexico: Coahuila] | [F17pacto civil de solidaridad] |
| [F17Mexico: Mexico City Federal District] | [F17marriage] |
| [F17Mexico: Mexico City Federal District] | [F17sociedad de convivencia] |
| Netherlands | [F18geregistreerd partnerschap] |
| Netherlands | marriage |
| [F19New Zealand | civil union] |
| [F20Norway | marriage] |
| Norway | registrert partnerskap F10. . . |
| [F21Portugal | marriage] |
| [F21Slovenia | zakon o registraciji istospolne partnerske skupnosti] |
| [F21South Africa | civil partnership] |
| [F21South Africa | marriage] |
| [F22Spain | marriage] |
| [F23Sweden | marriage] |
| Sweden | registrerat partnerskap F10. . . |
| [F24Switzerland | the relationship referred to as eingetragene Partnerschaft, as partnenariat enregistré or as unione domestica registrata] |
| [F25United States of America: California | domestic partnership] |
| [F26United States of America: California | marriage] |
| [F26United States of America: Colorado | the relationship between designated beneficiaries] |
| [F25United States of America: Connecticut | civil union] |
| [F27United States of America: Connecticut] | [F27marriage] |
| [F27United States of America: Delaware] | [F27civil union] |
| [F27United States of America: District of Columbia] | [F27marriage] |
| [F27United States of America: Hawaii] | [F27civil union] |
| [F27United States of America: Hawaii] | [F27reciprocal beneficiary relationship] |
| [F27United States of America: Illinois] | [F27civil union] |
| [F27United States of America: Iowa] | [F27marriage] |
| [F25United States of America: Maine | domestic partnership] |
| [F25United States of America: Massachusetts | marriage] |
| [F28United States of America: Nevada] | [F28domestic partnership] |
| [F28United States of America: New Hampshire] | [F28marriage] |
| [F28United States of America: New Jersey] | [F28civil union] |
| [F25United States of America: New Jersey | domestic partnership] |
| [F29United States of America: New York] | [F29marriage] |
| [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: Vermont] | [F30marriage] |
| [F30United States of America: Washington] | [F30state registered domestic partnership] |
| [F30United States of America: Wisconsin] | [F30domestic partnership] |
| [F30Uruguay] | [F30unión concubinaria] |
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 20: entries inserted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Overseas Relationships) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3135), art. 2(a)
F2Words 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
F3Words 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
F4Sch. 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)
F5Words 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
F6Sch. 20: entry inserted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Overseas Relationships) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3135), art. 2(b)
F7Words 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
F8Sch. 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)
F9Words 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
F10Sch. 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)
F11Words 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
F12Sch. 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)
F13Sch. 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)
F14Words 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
F15Words 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
F16Sch. 20: entry inserted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Overseas Relationships) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3135), art. 2(c)
F17Words 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
F18Sch. 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)
F19Sch. 20: entry inserted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Overseas Relationships) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3135), art. 2(d)
F20Words 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
F21Words 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
F22Sch. 20: entry inserted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Overseas Relationships) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3135), art. 2(e)
F23Words 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
F24Words 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
F25Sch. 20: entries inserted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Overseas Relationships) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3135), art. 2(f)
F26Words 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
F27Words 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
F28Words 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
F29Words 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
F30Words 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
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