The Civil Partnership (Pensions, Social Security and Child Support) (Consequential, etc. Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2005
This Order makes amendments to provisions of subordinate legislation, and contains a transitional provision relating to housing benefit and a transitory provision for child support in relation to cases for which the provisions of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland 2000 are not yet in operation. The amendments are consequential upon the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (“the Act”). The Act enables same-sex couples to form a civil partnership by registering as civil partners of each other. Certain overseas relationships registered abroad may be treated as the formation of a civil partnership.