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SCOTTISH STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

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2005 No. 568
CIVIL PARTNERSHIP
The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Relationships Arising Through Civil Partnership) (Scotland) Order 2005

	Made	10th November 2005
	Laid before the Scottish Parliament	11th November 2005
	Coming into force	5th December 2005

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by section 247 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004[1] and all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

Citation, commencement and extent
     1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Relationships Arising Through Civil Partnership) (Scotland) Order 2005 and shall come into force on 5th December 2005.

    (2) This Order extends to Scotland only.

Amendment of Schedule 21 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004
     2. In Schedule 21 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (references to stepchildren etc. in existing Acts) at the appropriate places insert–

" Paragraph 2(a) of Schedule 1 to the Damages (Scotland) Act 1976[2];";

"Section 71(3)(c) of the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 2003[3];

"Section 254(6)(b) of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003[4].".

HUGH HENRY
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew's House, Edinburgh
10th November 2005

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends Schedule 21 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 ("the 2004 Act") to insert references to specific provisions of the Damages (Scotland) Act 1976, the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 2003 and the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 in that Schedule. This has the effect that references to "step" relationships in these provisions are read as including relationships arising through civil partnership.

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Notes:

[1] 2004 c.33.back

[2] 1976 c.13.back

[3] 2003 asp 11.back

[4] 2003 asp 13.back

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ISBN 0 11 069807 X

 © Crown copyright 2005

Prepared 21 November 2005