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Chapter 6Table of ContentsContentExplanatory NotesMore ResourcesPrevious: ChapterNext: ChapterPlain ViewPrint OptionsWhat VersionLatest available (Revised)Original (As enacted)Advanced FeaturesShow Geographical Extent(e.g. England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland)Show Timeline of ChangesOpening OptionsOpen whole ActOpen Act without schedulesOpen Schedules onlyMore ResourcesOriginal Print PDFView moreChanges to legislation:There are outstanding changes not yet made by the legislation.gov.uk editorial team to Civil Partnership Act 2004. Any changes that have already been made by the team appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.Changes to LegislationRevised legislation carried on this site may not be fully up to date. Changes and effects are recorded by our editorial team in lists which can be found in the ‘Changes to Legislation’ area. Where those effects have yet to be applied to the text of the legislation by the editorial team they are also listed alongside the legislation in the affected provisions. Use the ‘more’ link to open the changes and effects relevant to the provision you are viewing.Changes and effects yet to be applied to the whole Act associated Parts and Chapters:Changes and effectsThis section lists the changes and effects yet to be applied to the whole Act, associated Parts and Chapters where applicable. This includes any insertions of whole new Parts, Chapters or provisions yet to be inserted into this Act. These effects are included in this view as they may be (but won’t necessarily be) relevant to the specific provision that you are viewing.Act power to apply (with modifications) conferred by 2014 asp 5 s. 30(5)(b)Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Act (including any effects on those provisions):s. 8A inserted by 2014 c. 22 Sch. 4 para. 20s. 9-9F substituted for s. 9 by 2014 c. 22 Sch. 4 para. 21s. 12A inserted by 2014 c. 22 Sch. 4 para. 24s. 14A inserted by 2014 c. 22 Sch. 4 para. 26(2)s. 30A inserted by 2014 c. 22 Sch. 4 para. 27s. 88A-88F inserted by S.I. 2015/396 Sch. 3 para. 2s. 88A(9) applied by S.I. 2015/404 reg. 17(4)(b)s. 93A inserted by 2014 asp 5 s. 24(11)s. 94A-94E inserted by 2014 asp 5 s. 24(13)s. 94A inserted by S.I. 2015/396 Sch. 3 para. 6s. 95ZA inserted by 2014 asp 5 s. 24(15)s. 139A-139E inserted by S.I. 2015/395 Sch. 3 para. 2s. 139A(9) applied by S.I. 2015/404 reg. 18(4)(b)s. 143A inserted by S.I. 2015/395 Sch. 3 para. 5Sch. 3A inserted by 2014 c. 22 Sch. 4 para. 25Sch. 10A inserted by S.I. 2015/396 Sch. 3 para. 3Sch. 13A inserted by S.I. 2015/395 Sch. 3 para. 3Commencement Orders yet to be applied to the Civil Partnership Act 2004Commencement OrdersThis section lists the commencement orders yet to be applied to the whole Act. These effects are included in this view as they may be (but won’t necessarily be) relevant to the specific provision that you are viewing. Where applicable the commencement orders are listed under two headings, firstly those that bring some part of the Act you are viewing into force and secondly, those that bring into force legislation that affects some part of the legislation you are viewing. If you are viewing a prospective version or there is a prospective version available there may be commencement orders listed here that are relevant to the provision you are viewing.Commencement Orders bringing legislation that affects this Act into force:S.R. 2012/406 art. 2 commences (2011 c. 20 (N.I.))S.R. 2012/440 art. 2 3 commences (2008 c. 10 (N.I.))S.R. 2013/201 art. 2 commences (2008 c. 10 (N.I.))S.R. 2013/276 art. 2 commences (2008 c. 10 (N.I.))S.R. 2015/193 art. 2 commences (2014 c. 11 (N.I.))Chapter 6SMiscellaneous and interpretationMiscellaneousS126RegulationsS(1)In this Chapter and in Chapters 2 and 5, “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Registrar General.
127AttachmentSWhere an attachment has been executed of furniture and plenishings of which the debtor’s civil partner has the possession or use by virtue of an order under section 103(3) or (4), the sheriff, on the application of that civil partner made within 40 days after the execution of the attachment, may—
128Promise or agreement to enter into civil partnershipSNo promise or agreement to enter into civil partnership creates any rights or obligations under the law of Scotland; and no action for breach of such a promise or agreement may be brought in any court in Scotland, whatever the law applicable to the promise or agreement.
129Lord Advocate as party to action for nullity or dissolution of civil partnershipSF1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F2S. 130 repealed (28.3.2011 with effect as mentioned in the Schedule to the commencing instrument) by Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 13), ss. 86(2), 206(1); S.S.I. 2011/178, art. 2, Sch.131Succession: legal rights arising by virtue of civil partnershipS(1)Where a person dies survived by a civil partner then, unless the circumstance is as mentioned in subsection (2), the civil partner has right to half of the moveable net estate belonging to the deceased at the time of death.
132Assurance policiesSSection 2 of the Married Women’s Policies of Assurance (Scotland) Act 1880 (c. 26) (which provides that a policy of assurance may be effected in trust for a person’s spouse, children or spouse and children) applies in relation to a policy of assurance—
133Council Tax: liability of civil partnersSAfter section 77 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14), insert—
134General provisions as to feesS(1)Subject to such exceptions as may be prescribed, a district registrar may refuse to comply with any application voluntarily made to him under this Part until the appropriate fee, if any, provided for by or under this Part is paid to him; and any such fee, if not prepaid, is recoverable by the registrar to whom it is payable.
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Commencement InformationI1S. 134 wholly in force at 5.12.2005; s. 134 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 263; s. 134 in force at 14.9.2005 for certain purposes by S.S.I. 2005/428, art. 2, Sch. and otherwise 5.12.2005 insofar as not already in force by S.S.I. 2005/604, art. 2(b)InterpretationS135Interpretation of this PartS[F3(1)]In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires—
“family home” means [F4, subject to subsection (2),] any house, caravan, houseboat or other structure which has been provided or has been made available by one or both of the civil partners as, or has become, a family residence and includes any garden or other ground or building F5. . . usually occupied with, or otherwise required for the amenity or convenience of, the house, caravan, houseboat or other structure but does not include a residence provided or made available by [F6a person for one] civil partner to reside in, whether with any child of the family or not, separately from the other civil partner;
(a)is owned or hired by either civil partner or is being acquired by either civil partner under a hire-purchase agreement or conditional sale agreement, and
(a)a sub-tenant,
(b)a statutory tenant as defined in section 3 of the Rent (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 58), and
(c)a statutory assured tenant as defined in section 16(1) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 (c. 43),
[F7(2)If—
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F3S. 135 renumbered as s. 135(1) (4.5.2006) by Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 2), ss. 33, 46(2), Sch. 1 para. 12; S.S.I. 2006/212, art. 2 (subject to arts. 3-13)F4Words in s. 135(1) inserted (4.5.2006) by Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 2), ss. 33, 46(2), Sch. 1 para. 12(a)(i); S.S.I. 2006/212, art. 2 (subject to arts. 3-13)F5Words in s. 135 repealed (4.5.2006) by Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 2), ss. 45(2), 46(2), Sch. 3; S.S.I. 2006/212, art. 2 (subject to arts. 3-13)F6Words in s. 135(1) substituted (4.5.2006) by Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 2), ss. 33, 46(2), Sch. 1 para. 12(a)(ii); S.S.I. 2006/212, art. 2 (subject to arts. 3-13)F7S. 135(2) inserted (4.5.2006) by Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 2), ss. 33, 46(2), Sch. 1 para. 12(b); S.S.I. 2006/212, art. 2 (subject to arts. 3-13)136The expression “relative” in the 1965 ActSIn section 56(1) of the 1965 Act (interpretation), in the definition of “relative”, at the end insert “ , a civil partner and anyone related to the civil partner of the person as regards whom the expression is being construed ”.