Complex sentence: It stipulated that any inequality of rights between (same-sex) life partners and (opposite-sex) married couples would be removed, and would codify into law the Constitutional Court's ruling of 22 October 2009.
Split into simpler sentences: It stipulated that any inequality of rights between (same-sex) life partners and (opposite-sex) married couples would be removed. This would essentially codify into law the Constitutional Court's ruling of 22 October 2009.