- Statutory Instrument 2005 No. 3058 (C. 132)
The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Commencement No. 2) (Northern Ireland) Order 2005
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| Made | 31st October 2005 |
The Department of Finance and Personnel, in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by section 263 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004[1], and after having consulted the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, hereby makes the following Order:
Citation
1. This Order may be cited as the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Commencement No. 2) (Northern Ireland) Order 2005.
Provisions coming into force on 7th November 2005
2. —(1) The provisions of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 specified in paragraph (2) shall come into force on 7th November 2005.
(2) Schedule 15, paragraphs 10(2), 14(2), (3) and (4), 22(c), 23 and 24(2) and (3) for the purpose of the powers in these provisions to prescribe matters by regulations.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on
31st October 2005.
L.S.
Ethne E. Harkness
A senior officer of the Department of Finance and Personnel
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force on 7th November 2005 the provisions of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33) ("the Act") in article 2(2) for the purpose of the powers in these provisions to prescribe matters by regulations.
A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument. A regulatory impact assessment identifying the impact on business and the exchequer of the provisions of the Act was published at the time the Act received Royal Assent. It is available from http://www.dti.gov.uk/access/ria/index.htm.
(This note is not part of the Order)
The following provisions of the Act came into force on Royal Assent on 18th November 2004: sections 213(2) to (6), 247(2) to (7), 248(2) to (5), 254(2) to (6), 25, 258, 259, 260, 262, 263 and 264.
The following provisions of the Act have been brought into force in Northern Ireland by commencement orders made before the date of this Order:
| Provision | Date of Commencement | S.I. No. |
| s. 139(2) and (3) (partially) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399[2] |
| s. 140(1)(a) (partially) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| s. 143 (partially) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| s. 144(4) and (6) (partially) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| s. 145(3) (partially) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| s. 147(1) (partially) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| s. 149(2)(a) (partially) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| s. 152(5) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| s. 155(3) (partially) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| s. 156(1) and (3) (partially) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| s. 157 | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| ss. 159 and 160 | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| s. 169(3) and (4) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| s. 184(1) (partially) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| s. 184(2), (6) and (8) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| s. 187(1) and (2) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| s. 188 | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| s. 189(1) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| s. 189(2) (partially) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| s. 190(2), (3) and (4) (partially) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| s. 191(3) (partially) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| s. 210(1), (2), (4) and (5) | 15.4.2005 | 2005/1112[3] |
| s. 211 | 15.4.2005 | 2005/1112 |
| s. 219 | 15.4.2005 | 2005/1112 |
| s. 228 (partially) | 15.4.2005 | 2005/1112 |
| s. 231 | 15.4.2005 | 2005/1112 |
| s. 237(2) to (5) | 15.4.2005 | 2005/1112 |
| ss. 239 to 244 | 15.4.2005 | 2005/1112 |
| s. 245 (partially) | 15.4.2005 | 2005/1112 |
| Schedule 13 paragraph 6 (partially) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| Schedule 15 paragraph 41(2) (partially) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| Schedule 15 paragraph 41(3) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| Schedule 15 paragraphs 50(3), (4) and (5) and 75(4) (partially) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| Schedule 16 paragraphs 10 and 11(2) (partially) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| Schedule 17 paragraphs 2(3), 4(1) and 12(1) and (5) (partially) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| Schedule 17 paragraphs 14(4), (5) and (6) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
| Schedule 23 paragraphs 2(1) and (3), 13, 15(1) and (3), 16(3)(a) and 17 (partially) | 15.4.2005 | 2005/1112 |
| Schedule 26 paragraphs 4, 5, 8 and 17 (partially) | 15.4.2005 | 2005/1112 |
| Schedule 27 paragraph 12 | 15.4.2005 | 2005/1112 |
| Schedule 27 paragraphs 21 and 162 (partially) | 15.4.2005 | 2005/1112 |
| Schedule 27 paragraph 163 | 15.4.2005 | 2005/1112 |
| Schedule 29 paragraph 94 (partially) | 5.9.2005 | 2005/2399 |
Notes:
[1] 2004 c. 33back
[2] The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Commencement No. 1) (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005 No. 2399 (C. 99))back
[3] The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005 No. 1112 (C. 47))back
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