Commentary on Sections Part 4 – Civil Partnership: Northern Ireland.Introduction Chapter 4 – Civil Partnership Agreements Section 197: Civil partnership agreements unenforceable
371.This section provides that an agreement to form a civil partnership by any of the means outlined in section 1 (“a civil partnership agreement”) does not constitute a contract giving rise to legal rights under the law of Northern Ireland and will not be enforceable.
372.Subsection (2) provides that no action can be taken over any breach of a civil partnership agreement.
373.Subsection (4) provides that the section will apply to civil partnership agreements entered into both before and after the section comes into force but it will not affect any legal action which has begun before the section comes into force.