Unions of Equivalent Status to Civil Unions Regulations, 2014

L.N. 209 of 2014

CIVIL UNIONS ACT

(CAP. 530)

Unions of Equivalent Status to Civil Unions Regulations, 2014

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 10 of the Civil

Unions Act, the Minister for Home Affairs and National Security has

made the following regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the Unions of Equivalent Citation.

Status to Civil Unions Regulations, 2014.

(Regulation 3)

Unions of Equivalent Status

Country

Legal

Law Title

Name of partnership

Reference

‘Original’ / English

Jurisdiction

Andorra

Llei 4/2005,

Llei Qualificada de les Unions

‘unions estables de

del 21 de

Estables de Parella

parella’ / stable unions of

febrer

couples

Argentine

Ley No.

Ley Reconócense las Uniones

‘unión civil’ / civil union

City of Buenos

1.004

Civiles en la Ciudad Autonoma

Aires

de Buenos Aires, Créase el

Registro Publico al Efecto

Australia

A2008-14

Civil Partnerships Act 2008

‘civil partnership’

Australian

Capital

Territory

-

Act No. 19

Relationships Register Act 2010 ‘registered partenership’

New South

of 2010

Wales

-

Act No. 12

Civil Partnerships and Other

‘civil partnership’

Queensland

of 2012

Legislation Amendment Act

-

No. 44 of

Relationships Act 2003

‘significant relationship’

Tasmania

-

No. 12 of

Relationships Act 2008

‘registered domestic

Victoria

relationship’

Austria

Nr. 135/2009 Eingetragene Partnerschaft-

‘eingetragene

Gesetz (EPG)

Partnerschaft’ / registered

partnership

Belgium

Loi du 23

Wet tot Invoering van de

‘wettelijke samenwoning’

novembre

Wettelijke Samenwoning

(Dutch); ‘cohabitation

(Dutch); Loi Instaurant la

légale’ (French);

Cohabitation Légale (French);

gesetzlichen

23 november

Gesetz zur Einführung des

Zusammenwohnen

Gesetzlichen

(German) / statutory

Zusammenwohnens (German)

cohabitation

Gesetz vom

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires

Interpretation.

"the Act" means the Civil Unions Act;

"the Minister" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it by

the Act.

The list shown in the Schedule contains those civil unions List of unions of

which, in the opinion of the Minister, are unions of equivalent status equivalent

to civil unions.

to civil unions as provided for in the Act.

November

Brazil

ADI 4.277 /

Federal Supreme Court

‘união estável’ / stable

DF

Decision ADI 4.277 / DF

union

Canada

-

S.M. 2002, c.

Common-Law Partners'

‘common-law

Manitoba

Property and Related Statutes

relationship’ (English);

Amendment Act (English); Loi

‘union de fait’ (French)

L.M. 2002,

sur les Biens des Conjoints de

c. 48

fait et Modifications Connexes

(French)

-

S.N.S. 2000,

Law Reform (2000) Act

‘domestic partnership’

Nova Scotia

c. 29

-

S.Q. 2002, c.

An Act instituting Civil Unions

‘civil union’ (English);

Quebec

and Establishing new rules of

‘union civile’ (French)

Filiation (English); Loi

L.Q. 2002, c.

Instituant l’Union Civile et

Établissant de Nouvelles Règles

de Filiation (French)

Colombia

C-029 of

Constitutional Court Decision

‘unión de hecho’ / de facto

C-029 of 2009

union

Czech Republic

Zákon ze dne

Zákon o Registrovaném

‘registrovaném

ledna

Partnerství a o Změně

partnertsví’ /registered

Některých Souvisejících

partnership

Zákonů

Denmark

Lov nr 372

Lov om Registreret Partnerskab

‘registreret partnerskab’ /

af 07/06/

registered partnership

-

Anordning

Anordning om Ikrafttraeden for

‘registreret partnerskab’

Greenland

nr. 320 af 26.

Groenland af lov om Registreret

(Danish);

april 1996

Partnerskab

‘nalunaarsukkamik

inooqatigiinneq’

(Greenlandic) / registered

partnership

Ecuador

Constitución de la Republica

‘unión civil’ / civil union

del Ecuador 2008

Finland

9.11.2001/

Laki Rekisteröidystä

‘rekisteröity parisuhde’

Parisuhteista (Finnish); Lag om

(Finnish); ‘registrerat

Registrerat Partnerskap

partnerskap’ (Swedish) /

(Swedish)

registered partnership

France

Loi no. 99-

Loi Relative au Pacte Civil de

‘pacte civile de solidarité’

944 du 15

Solidarité

/ civil solidarity pact

novembre

Germany

vom 16.

Gesetz über die Eingetragene

‘Lebenspartnerschaft’ /

Februar 2001 Lebenspartnerschaft

life partnership

(Lebenspartnerschaftsgesetz -

LPartG)

Greece

Νομος 3719/ Μεταρρυθμίσεις για την

‘συμβίωσή τους’ /

οικογένεια, το παιδί, την

cohabitation

κοινωνία και άλλες διατάξεις

Hungary

2009. évi

Törvénya Bejegyzett Élettársi

‘bejegyzett élettársi

XXIX

Kapcsolatról, az Ezzel

kapcsolatról’ / registered

Összefüggő, Valamint az

partnership

Élettársi Viszony Igazolásának

Megkönnyítéséhez Szükséges

Egyes Törvények

Módosításáról

Iceland

Lög nr. 87

Lög um Staðfesta Samvist

‘staðfesta samvist’ /

12. júní 1996

confirmed cohabitation

Ireland

No. 24 of

Civil Partnership and Certain

‘civil partnership’

Rights and Obligations of

Cohabitants Act 2010

Liectenstein

2011 / 14

Gesetzes über die Eingetragene

‘eingetragene

Partnerschaft

Partnerschaft’ / registered

Gleichgeschlechtlicher Paare

partnership

(Partnerschaftsgesetz; PartG)

Luxembourg

Loi du 9

Loi Relative aux Effets Légaux

‘partenariat enregistré’

juillet 2004

de Certains Partenariats

(French); ‘eingetragene

Partnerschaft’ (German) /

(French);

Gesetz vom

registered partnership

9. Juli 2004

Gesetz über die

Rechtswirkungen Bestimmter

Lebenspartnerschaften

(German)

Mexico

-

Decreto No.

Pacto Civil de Solidaridad

‘pacto civil de

Coahuila

209, 11 Jan.

solidaridad’ / civil

solidarity pact

-

Decreto de Ley de Sociedad de

‘sociedad de convivencia’

Mexico City

Convivencia para el Distrito

/ domestic partnership

Federal

Federal

District

Netherlands

van 17

Wet tot Aanpassing van

‘geregistreerde

december

Wetgeving aan de Invoering van

partnerschap’ / registered

het Geregistreerd Partnerschap

partnership

in Boek 1 van het Burgerlijk

Wetboek

New Zealand

2004 No 102

Civil Union Act 2004

‘civil union’

Norway

LOV-1993-

Lov om Registrert Partnerskap

‘registrert partnerskap’ /

04-30-40

registered partnership

Slovenia

Št. 001-22-

Zakon o Registraciji Istospolne

‘partnerske skupnosti’ /

52/05

Partnerske Skupnosti

partnership

South Africa

No. 17 of

Civil Union Act

‘civil partnership’

Sweden

SFS

Lag om Registrerat Partnerskap

‘registrerat partnerskap’ /

1994:1117

registered partnership

Switzerland

vom 18. Juni

Bundesgesetz über die

‘eingetragene

Eingetragene Partnerschaft

Partnerschaft’ (German);

Gleichgeschlechtlicher Paare

‘partnenariat enregistré’

du 18 juin

(German); Loi Fédérale sur le

(French); ‘unione

Partenariat Enregistré entre

domestica registrata’

Personnes du Même Sexe

(Italian) / registered

del 18

(French); Legge sull'Unione

partnership

giugno 2004

Domestica Registrata (Italian)

United Kingdom

Civil Partnership Act 2004

‘civil partnership’

-

AT 2 of 2011

Civil Partnership Act 2011

‘civil partnership’

Isle of Man

-

Civil Partnership (Jersey) Law

‘civil partnership’

Jersey

United States of

America

-

AB 205

Domestic Partner Rights and

‘domestic partnership’

California

Responsibilities Act of 2003

-

Designated Beneficiary

‘the relationship between

Colorado

Agreement Act

designated beneficiaries’

-

Public Act

Chapter 815f Civil Union

‘civil union’

Connecticut

No. 05-10

-

Civil Union and Equality Act of

‘civil union’

Delaware

-

Chapter 572B: Civil Unions

‘civil union’

Hawaii

Chapter 572C: Reciprocal

‘reciprocal beneficiary

Beneficiaries

relationship’

-

750 ILCS 75

Illinois Religious Freedom

‘civil union’

Illinois

/

Protection and Civil Union Act

-

P.L. 2003, c.

An Act To Promote the

‘domestic partnership’

Maine

Financial Security of Maine's

Families and Children

-

NRS 122A

Chapter 122A – Domestic

‘domestic partnership’

Nevada

Partnerships

-

Chapter 103,

Civil Union Law

‘civil union’

New Jersey

P.L. 2006

Chapter 246,

Domestic Partnership Act

‘domestic partnership’

P.L. 2003

-

ORS

Oregon Family Fairness Act.

‘domestic partnership’

Oregon

106.300

[2007 c.99 §1]

-

RI H6103

An Act Relating To Domestic

‘civil union’

Illinois

Relations - Civil Unions

-

Title 15: Domestic Relations

‘civil union’

Maine

(Chapter 23: Civil Unions)

-

R-74

State Registered Domestic

‘state registered domestic

Nevada

Partnerships (SRDP)

partnership’

-

2009 Wisconsin Act 28

‘domestic partnership’

New Jersey

(Chapter770 Domestic

Partnership)

Uruguay

Ley No.

Unión Concubinaria

‘unión concubinaria’ /

18.246

cohabitation union

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