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This Order amends Schedule 20 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33). Schedule 20 specifies overseas relationships that may be treated as civil partnerships for the purposes of the Act, provided certain other conditions in the Act are satisfied. This Order adds the following relationships to the specified relationships in Schedule 20—
(a) uni? estable de parella (Catalan translation) in Andorra
(b) significant relationship in Tasmania, Australia
(c) marriage in Canada
(d) the relationship referred to as partenariat enregistré (French translation) or eingetragene partnerschaft (German translation) in Luxembourg
(e) civil union in New Zealand
(f) marriage in Spain
(g) domestic partnership in California, United States of America
(h) civil union in Connecticut, United States of America
(i) domestic partnership in Maine, United States of America
(j) marriage in Massachusetts, United States of America
(k) domestic partnership in New Jersey, United States of America.
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