PART 5Gender recognition

Amendment of definition relating to civil partnership to include overseas relationships

33.  In section 25(1), in the definition of “protected civil partnership”, for the words from “means” to the end substitute—

“means—

(a)a civil partnership under the law of England or Wales, or

(b)an overseas relationship that is treated as a civil partnership by virtue of Chapter 2 of Part 5 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004,

and “protected overseas relationship” means a protected civil partnership within paragraph (b),”.