Civil Partnership Act 2004

SCHEDULE 20 Meaning of overseas relationship: specified relationships

Section 213 Part 1 Same-sex relationships A relationship is specified for the purposes of section 213(1)(a) (specified relationships between two people of the same sex) 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 Andorra | unió estable de parella Argentina | 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 Australia: Victoria | registered domestic relationship Austria | eingetragene Partnerschaft Belgium | the relationship referred to as cohabitation légale, wettelijke samenwoning or gesetzliches zusammenwohnen Belgium | marriage Brazil | marriage Brazil | união estável Canada | marriage Canada: Manitoba | the relationship referred to as common-law relationship or as union de fait Canada: Nova Scotia | domestic partnership Canada: Quebec | the relationship referred to as union civile or as civil union Colombia | unión de hecho Czech Republic | registrované partnertsví Denmark | marriage Denmark | registreret partnerskab . . . Ecuador | unión civil Finland | the relationship referred to as rekisteröity parisuhde or as registrerad partnerskap France | pacte civil de solidarité Germany | Lebenspartnerschaft . . . Greenland | the relationship referred to as nalunaarsukkamik inooqatigiinneq or as registreret partnerskab Hungary | bejegyzett élettársi kapcsolat Iceland | marriage Iceland | staðfesta samvist . . . Ireland | civil partnership Isle of Man | civil partnership Jersey | civil partnership Liechtenstein | eingetragene Partnerschaft Luxembourg | the relationship referred to as partenariat enregistré or eingetragene partnerschaft Mexico: Coahuila | pacto civil de solidaridad Mexico: Mexico City Federal District | marriage Mexico: Mexico City Federal District | sociedad de convivencia Netherlands | geregistreerd partnerschap Netherlands | marriage New Zealand | civil union Norway | marriage Norway | registrert partnerskap . . . Portugal | marriage Slovenia | zakon o registraciji istospolne partnerske skupnosti South Africa | civil partnership South Africa | marriage Spain | marriage Sweden | marriage Sweden | registrerat partnerskap . . . Switzerland | the relationship referred to as eingetragene Partnerschaft, as partnenariat enregistré or as unione domestica registrata United States of America: California | domestic partnership United States of America: California | marriage United States of America: Colorado | the relationship between designated beneficiaries United States of America: Connecticut | civil union United States of America: Connecticut | marriage United States of America: Delaware | civil union United States of America: District of Columbia | marriage United States of America: Hawaii | civil union United States of America: Hawaii | reciprocal beneficiary relationship United States of America: Illinois | civil union United States of America: Iowa | marriage United States of America: Maine | domestic partnership United States of America: Massachusetts | marriage United States of America: Nevada | domestic partnership United States of America: New Hampshire | marriage United States of America: New Jersey | civil union United States of America: New Jersey | domestic partnership United States of America: New York | marriage United States of America: Oregon | domestic partnership United States of America: Rhode Island | civil union United States of America: Vermont | civil union United States of America: Vermont | marriage United States of America: Washington | state registered domestic partnership United States of America: Wisconsin | domestic partnership Uruguay | unión concubinaria PART 2 Opposite-sex relationships Specified relationships: different sex couples A relationship is specified for the purposes of section 213(1)(b) (specified relationships between two people who are not of the same sex) (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 Andorra | uniό estable de parella (stable couple union) Argentina | unión convivencial Argentina: Autonomous City of Buenos Aires | unión civil (civil union) Aruba | geregistreerd partnerschap Australia: Australian Capital Territory | civil partnership Australia: New South Wales | a relationship registered under the Relationships Register Act 2010 Australia: Queensland | civil partnership Australia: South Australia | registered relationship Australia: Tasmania | significant relationship Australia: Victoria | registered domestic relationship Austria | eingetragene Partnerschaft (registered partnership) Belgium | the relationship referred to as cohabitation légale, wettelijke samenwoning or gesetzliches Zusammenwohnen (legal cohabitation) Bermuda | domestic partnership Brazil | união estável (stable union) Canada: Alberta | adult interdependent partner Canada: Manitoba | the relationship referred to as common-law relationship or as union de fait Canada: Nova Scotia | domestic partnership Canada: Quebec | union civile the relationship referred to as union civile or as civil union Chile | unión civil acuerdo de unión civil (civil union agreement) Colombia | unión marital de hecho unión de hecho (de facto union) Cyprus | politiki symviosi civil cohabitation Ecuador | unión de hecho unión civil (civil union) Estonia | Kooselulepingu the Falkland Islands | civil partnership France | pacte civil de solidarité (civil solidarity pact) Gibraltar | civil partnership Greece | simfono simviosis σύμφωνο συμβίωσης (cohabitation agreement) Hungary | bejegyzett élettársi kapcsolat (registered partnership) Isle of Man | civil partnership Israel | civil union Luxembourg | the relationship referred to as partenariat enregistré or eingetragene Partnerschaft(registered partnership) Malta | civil union Mexico: Campeche | sociedad civil de Convivencia (civil cohabitation union) Mexico: Coahuila | pacto civil de solidaridad (civil solidarity pact) Mexico: Mexico City Federal District | sociedad de convivencia (cohabitation arrangement) Mexico: Michoacán | sociedad de Convivencia (cohabitation arrangement) Mexico: Tlaxcala | sociedad de convivencia solidaria (permanent cohabitation arrangement) Netherlands | geregistreerd partnerschap (registered partnership) New Zealand | civil union San Marino | unione civile (civil union) South Africa | civil partnership Spain: Balearic Islands | pareja estable Spain: Basque Country | pareja de hecho Spain: Galicia | pareja de hecho United States of America: California | domestic partnership United States of America: Colorado | the relationship between designated beneficiaries United States of America: Colorado | civil union United States of America: District of Columbia | domestic partnership United States of America: Hawaii | civil union United States of America: Illinois | civil union United States of America: Maine | domestic partnership United States of America: Nevada | domestic partnership United States of America: New Jersey | domestic partnership United States of America: Washington | state registered domestic partnership