Citation and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Commencement No. 3) (Northern Ireland) Order 2005.

(2) In this Order—

(a)“the Act” means the Civil Partnership Act 2004; and

(b)“the 1984 Order” means the Family Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 1984(2).

Commencement

2.—(1) The provisions of the Act specified in the Schedule shall come into force on 5th December 2005.

(2) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), Schedule 29 shall, in so far as it is not already in force, come into force on 5th December 2005.

(3) Paragraph 64(3) of Schedule 29 shall only be commenced in so far as it substitutes Parts 1 and 2 of the Table in article 18 of the 1984 Order.

(4) Paragraphs 64(6), 64(7) and 93 of Schedule 29 shall not be commenced by this Order.

Article 2(1)

SCHEDULE

• Sections 137 and 138

• Section 139 in so far as it is not already in force

• Section 140 in so far as it is not already in force

• Sections 141 and 142

• Section 143 to 145 in so far as they are not already in force

• Section 146

• Section 147 in so far as it is not already in force

• Section 148

• Section 149 in so far as it is not already in force

• Sections 150 and 151

• Section 152 in so far as it is not already in force

• Sections 153 and 154

• Sections 155 and 156 in so far as they are not already in force

• Section 158

• Sections 161 to 168

• Section 169 in so far as it is not already in force

• Sections 170 to 183

• Section 184 in so far as it is not already in force

• Sections 185 and 186

• Section 187 in so far as it is not already in force

• Sections 189 to 191 in so far as they are not already in force

• Sections 192 to 209

• Section 248 in so far as it is not already in force

• Section 252

• Section 254(1) in so far as it relates to the provisions in Schedule 24 to the Act which are brought into force by this Order

• Section 261(3)

• Section 261(4) in so far as relating to any provision which extends only to Northern Ireland

• Schedule 12, except paragraph 3

• Schedule 13 in so far as it is not already in force

• Schedule 14

• Schedule 15 in so far as it is not already in force, except Part 6

• Schedule 16 in so far as it is not already in force

• Schedule 17 in so far as it is not already in force, except paragraphs 10(4)(b), (5)(b) and (9)(c)

• Schedules 18 and 19

• Schedule 22, except paragraph 19

• Schedule 24, except paragraphs 1 to 6, 13 to 66, 86, 88, 100 to 101, 106, 118 to 127, and 138 to 147

• Schedule 30 in so far as relating to any provision which extends only to Northern Ireland

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force on 5th December 2005 the provisions of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33) (“the Act”) listed in the Schedule, with the following exceptions:

• Paragraph 3 of Schedule 12 to the Act (Prohibited degrees of relationship: Northern Ireland) is not commenced by this Order;

• Part 6 of Schedule 15 to the Act and paragraph 10(4)(b), (5)(b) and (9)(c) of Schedule 17 to the Act, which relate to pension protection fund compensation, are not commenced by this Order;

• Paragraph 19 of Schedule 22 to the Act (which specifies Article 2(4) of the Registered Homes (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/3204 (N.I. 20)) for the purposes of section 246 of the Act), is not to be commenced by this Order;

• Paragraph 64(3) of Schedule 29 to the Act, which amends Article 18 of the Family Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 1984 (S.I. 1984/1984 (N.I. 14)) (marriages with prohibited degrees of relationship), is only partially commenced by this Order;

• Paragraph 64(6) and 64(7) of Schedule 29 to the Act, which amends Article 18 of the Family Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 1984 (S.I. 1984/1984 (N.I. 14)) (marriages within prohibited degrees of relationship), is not commenced by this Order;

• Paragraph 93 of Schedule 29 to the Act (which amends section 97E(1)(b) of the Pensions Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993 (c. 49)), is not commenced by this Order.

A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument. A regulatory impact assessment identifying the impact on business and the exchequer of the provisions in the Act was published at the time the Act received Royal Assent. It is available from http://www.dti.gso.uk/access/ria/index.htm.

Note as to Earlier Commencement Orders

(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: