Clause 250 - Community obligations and civil partners
Civil Partnership Bill [Lords]
3:00 pm
Ms Jacqui Smith (Minister of State (Industry and the Regions and Deputy Minister for Women), Department of Trade and Industry; Redditch, Labour)
I beg to move amendment No. 114, in clause 250, page 123, line 16, leave out subsections (1) and (2) and insert—
'(1) Subsection (2) applies where any person, by Order in Council or regulations under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 (c.68) (general implementation of Treaties)—
(a) is making provision for the purpose of implementing, or for a purpose concerning, a Community obligation of the United Kingdom which relates to persons who are or have been parties to a marriage, or
(b) has made such provision and it has not been revoked.
(2) The appropriate person may by Order in Council or (as the case may be) by regulations make provision in relation to persons who are or have been civil partners in a civil partnership that is the same or similar to the provision referred to in subsection (1).'.