(This note is not part of the Order)
The following provisions of the Act came into force on Royal Assent on 18th November 2004: sections 213(2) to (6), 247(2) to (7), 248(2) to (5), 254(2) to (6), 25, 258, 259, 260, 262, 263 and 264.
The following provisions of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 have been brought into force in Northern Ireland by commencement orders made before the date of this Order:
| Provision | Date of Commencement | S.I. No. |
|---|---|---|
| s. 1 | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3175(a) |
| s. 139(2) and (3) (partially) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399(b) |
| s. 140(1)(a) (partially) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| s. 143 (partially) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| s. 144(4) and (6) (partially) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| s. 145(3) (partially) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| s. 147(1) (partially) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| s. 149(2)(a) (partially) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| s. 152(5) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| s. 155(3) (partially) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| s. 156(1) and (3) (partially) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| s. 157 | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| ss. 159 and 160 | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| s. 169(3) and (4) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| s. 184(1) (partially) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| s. 184(2), (6) and (8) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| s. 187(1) and (2) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| s. 188 | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| s. 189(1) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| s. 189(2) (partially) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| s. 190(2), (3) and (4) (partially) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| s. 191(3) (partially) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| s. 210(1), (2), (4) and (5) | 15.4.2005 | 2005/1112(c) |
| s. 210(3) | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3175 |
| s. 211 | 15.4.2005 | 2005/1112 |
| s. 212 | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3175 |
| s. 213(1) | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3175 |
| ss. 214 to 218 | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3175 |
| s. 219 | 15.4.2005 | 2005/1112 |
| s. 228 (partially) | 15.4.2005 | 2005/1112 |
| s. 228 (in so far as it is not already in force) | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3175 |
| ss. 229 and 230 | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3175 |
| s. 231 | 15.4.2005 | 2005/1112 |
| ss. 232 to 236 | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3175 |
| s. 237(1) and (6) | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3175 |
| s. 237(2) to (5) | 15.4.2005 | 2005/1112 |
| s. 238 | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3175 |
| ss. 239 to 244 | 15.4.2005 | 2005/1112 |
| s. 245 (partially) | 15.4.2005 | 2005/1112 |
| s. 245 (in so far as it is not already in force) | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3175 |
| ss. 246 and 247(1) | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3175 |
| s. 249 | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3175 |
| s. 250 | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3175 |
| s. 253 | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3175 |
| ss. 256 and 257 | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3175 |
| Schedule 13 paragraph 6 (partially) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| Schedule 15 paragraphs 10(2), 14(2), (3) and (4), 22(c), 23 and 24(2) and (3) (partially) | 7.11.2005 | 2005/3058(d) |
| Schedule 15 paragraph 41(2) (partially) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| Schedule 15 paragraph 41(3) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| Schedule 15 paragraphs 50(3), (4) and (5) and 75(4) (partially) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| Schedule 16 paragraphs 10 and 11(2) (partially) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| Schedule 17 paragraphs 2(3), 4(1) and 12(1) and (5) (partially) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| Schedule 17 paragraphs 14(4), (5) and (6) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| Schedules 20 and 21 | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3175 |
| Schedule 23 paragraphs 2(1) and (3), 13, 15(1) and (3), 16(3)(a) and 17 (partially) | 15.4.2005 | 2005/1112 |
| Schedule 23 (in so far as it is not already in force and in so far as it extends to Northern Ireland) | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3175 |
| Schedule 25 | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3175 |
| Schedule 26 paragraphs 4, 5, 8 and 17 (partially) | 15.4.2005 | 2005/1112 |
| Schedule 26 (in so far as it is not already in force) | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3175 |
| Schedule 27 paragraph 12 | 15.4.2005 | 2005/1112 |
| Schedule 27 paragraphs 21 and 162 (partially) | 15.4.2005 | 2005/1112 |
| Schedule 27 paragraph 163 | 15.4.2005 | 2005/1112 |
| Schedule 27 (in so far as it is not already in force and in so far as it extends to Northern Ireland) | 5.12.2005 | 2005/3175 |
| Schedule 29 paragraph 94 (partially) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |