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Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008

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50Meaning of references to parties to a civil partnership

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(1)The references in sections 35 to 47 to the parties to a civil partnership at any time there referred to—

(a)are to the parties to a civil partnership subsisting at that time, unless a separation order was then in force, but

(b)include the parties to a void civil partnership if either or both of them reasonably believed at that time that the civil partnership was valid; and for the purposes of those sections it is to be presumed, unless the contrary is shown, that one of them reasonably believed at that time that the civil partnership was valid.

(2)The reference in section 48(6)(b) to a civil partnership includes a reference to a void civil partnership if either or both of the parties reasonably believed at the time when they registered as civil partners of each other that the civil partnership was valid; and for this purpose it is to be presumed, unless the contrary is shown, that one of them reasonably believed at that time that the civil partnership was valid.

(3)In subsection (1)(a), “separation order” means—

(a)a separation order under section 37(1)(d) or 161(1)(d) of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33),

(b)a decree of separation under section 120(2) of that Act, or

(c)a legal separation obtained in a country outside the United Kingdom and recognised in the United Kingdom.

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