MT
Schedule) Regulations, 2022
Table of Provisions (6)
Statutory Text (6 Articles)
L.N. 223 of 2022
CIVIL UNIONS ACT
(CAP. 530)
Unions of Equivalent Status to Civil Unions (Substitution of
Schedule) Regulations, 2022
IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 10(1) of the
Civil Unions Act, the Minister responsible for the Public Registry has
made the following regulations:-
The title of these regulations is the Unions of Equivalent
Status to Civil Unions (Substitution of Schedule) Regulations, 2022
and these regulations shall be read and construed as one with the
Schedule to the Unions of Equivalent Status to Civil Unions
Regulations, hereinafter referred to as "the Schedule".
The Schedule shall be substituted by the following new
Schedule
"SCHEDULE
(Regulation 3)
Unions of Equivalent Status
Country
Legal Reference
Original Law Title
Name of Partnership
‘Original’ / English
-
Jurisdiction
(Title in English)
Andorra
Llei 4 del 21 de
Llei Qualificada de les Unions
‘unió estable de parella’
febrer 2005
Estables de Parella 2005
/ stable union of a couple
(Qualified Stable Union of
Couples Law 2005)
Llei 34 del 27 de
Llei Qualificada de Les Unions
‘unió civil’ / civil union
novembre 2014
Civils I De Modificació de la
Llei Qualificada del Matrimoni,
de 30 de juny de 1995
(Qualified Law of Civil Unions
and Of Modification of the
Qualified Law of Marriage of 30
June, 1995)
Argentina
Ley 26.994 de
Cógido Civil y Comercial de La
‘unión civil’ / civil union
Nacion
(Civil and Commercial Code of
Argentina)
Ley 1.004 de 2002
Ley Reconócense las Uniones
‘unión civil’ / civil union
-
City of
Civiles en la Cuidad Autonoma
Buenos Aires
de Buenos Aires, Créase el
Registro Público al Efecto
(Law Recognising Civil Unions
in the Autonomous City of
Buenos Aires, Creating the
Public Registry for the Effect)
Ordenanza 279 de
Ley de Unión Civil para parejas
‘unión civil’ / civil union
-
City of Rio
del mismo sexo
Cuarto
(Civil Union Law for same-sex
couples)
Ley 3736 de 2002
Ley de Convivencia Homosexual
‘unión civil’ / civil union
-
City of Rio
Negro
(Homosexual Cohabitation Law)
Art. 55
Cárta Orgánica de la
‘unión civil’ / civil union
-
City of Villa
Municipalidad de Villa Carlos
Carlos Paz
Paz
(Organic Charter of the
Municipality of Villa
Carlos Paz)
Australia
A2012-40
Civil Unions Act 2012
‘civil union’
-
Australian
amended to
Capital
A2017-5
Territory
A1994-28
Domestic Relationships Act
‘domestic relationship’
Act 19 of 2010
Relationships Register Act 2010
‘registered partnership’
-
New South
Wales
S.L. 25 of 2018
Civil Partnerships and Other
‘civil partnership’
-
Queensland
Legislation
Amendment Regulation 2018
Act 67 of 2016
Relationships Register Act 2016
‘registered partnership’
-
South
Australia
-
Act No. 44 of
Relationships Act 2003
‘significant relationship’
Tasmania
Act No. 12 of
Relationships Act 2008
‘registered domestic
-
Victoria
relationship’
Austria
BGBI. No. 135/
Eingetragene Partnerschaft-
‘eingetragene
Gesetz (EPG)
Partnerschaft’ /
registered partnership
(Registered Partnership Act)
Brazil
Lei 9.278 de 1996
Constituição Federal
‘união estável’ / stable
union
(Federal Constitution)
Canada
S.A. 2002, c. A-
Adult
‘adult interdependent
-
Alberta
5
Interdependent
relationship’
Relationships Act
S.M. 2002, c. 48
Common-Law Partners'
‘common-law
-
Manitoba
Property and Related
relationship’;
Statutes Amendment Act
(English);
L.M. 2002, c. 48
Loi sur les Biens
‘union de fait’
des Conjoints de fait et
Modifications Connexes
(French)
S.N.S. 2000, c. 29
Law Reform (2000) Act
‘domestic partnership’
-
Nova Scotia
S.Q. 2002, c. 6
An Act instituting Civil Unions
‘civil union’;
-
Quebec
and Establishing new rules of
Filiation (English);
L.Q. 2002, c. 6
Loi Instituant l’Union Civile et
‘union civile’
Établissant de Nouvelles Règles
de Filiation (French)
Colombia
Ley 54 de 1990
Law 54 of 1990 of
‘unión de hecho’ / de
December 28
facto union
C-029 of 2009
Constitutional Court Decision C-
029 of 2009
Chile
Ley 20.830 de
Acuerdo de Unión Civil
‘unión civil’ / civil union
(Civil Union Agreement)
Croatia
NN 92/14
Zakon o životnom partnerstvu
‘životno partnerstvo’ /
osoba istog spola
life partnership
(Same-Sex Life Partnership Act)
Cyprus
Law 184(I)/2015
Ο περί Πολιτικής Συμβίωσης
‘πολιτική συμβίωση’ /
Νόμος του 2015
civil partnership
(Civil Partnership Law of 2015)
Czech Republic
Zákon č. 115/2006
Zákon o Registrovaném
‘registrované
Partnerství a o Změně Některých
mpartnertsví’ /
Souvisejících Zákonů
registered partnership
(The Registered Partnership Act
and the Amendment of Certain
Related Acts)
Denmark
Lov nr. 372 af 07/
Lov om Registreret Partnerskab
‘registreret partnerskab’
06/1989
/ registered partnership
(Registered Partnership Act)
*repealed but applies to
partnerships registered before 15
June 2012
Anordning nr. 320
Anordning om Ikrafttraeden for
‘registreret partnerskab’
-
Greenland
af 26. April 1996
Groenland af lov om Registreret
(Danish);
Partnerskab
‘nalunaarsukkamik
inooqatigiinneq’
(Ordinance on the entry into
(Greenlandic)
force in Greenland of the
Registered Partnership Act)
/ registered partnership
Ecuador
Registro Oficial
Constitución de la Republica del
‘unión de hecho’ / de
449 de 2008
Ecuador 2008
facto union
(Constitution of the Republic of
Ecuador)
Estonia
Otsusnr. 506
Kooseluseadus
‘kooselu’ / registered
partnership
(Registered Partnership Act)
Finland
FFS 9.11.2001/
Laki Rekisteröidystä
‘rekisteröity parisuhde’
Parisuhteista (Finnish);
(Finnish);
Lag om Registrerat Partnerskap
‘registrerat partnerskap’
(Swedish)
(Swedish)
/ registered partnership
(Registered Partnership Act)
Germany
vom 16. Februar
Gesetz über die Eingetragene
‘Lebenspartnerschaft’ /
Lebenspartnerschaft
life partnership
(Lebenspartnerschaftsgeset
z - LPartG)
(Act on Registered Life
Partnerships)
Greece
Νομος 3719/2008
Μεταρρυθμίσεις
για
την
‘σύμφωνο συμβίωσης’ /
οικογένεια, το παιδί, την
cohabitation agreement
κοινωνία και άλλες διατάξεις;
(Law concerning reforms for the
family, the child, the society and
other provisions)
Νομος 4356/2015
Σύμφωνο συμβίωσης, άσκηση
δικαιωμάτων,
ποινικές και άλλες διατάξεις
(Law concerning cohabitation
agreement, exercise of rights,
penal and other provisions)
Hungary
2009. évi XXIX
Törvénya Bejegyzett Élettársi
‘bejegyzett élettársi
Kapcsolatról, az Ezzel
kapcsolatról’ /
Összefüggő, Valamintaz
registered partnership
Élettársi Viszony Igazolásának
Megkönnyítéséhez Szükséges
Egyes Törvények Módosításáról
(Act on Registered Partnership
and Related Legislation and on
the Amendment of Other Statutes
to Facilitate the Proof of
Cohabitation)
Lög nr. 8712. júní
Lög um Staðfesta Samvist
‘staðfesta samvist’ /
Iceland
confirmed cohabitation
(Law on Confirmed
Cohabitation)
*repealed in 2010 but applies to
cohabitations registered under it.
Ireland
No. 24 of 2010
Civil Partnership and Certain
‘civil partnership’
Rights and Obligations of
Cohabitants Act 2010
Italy
Legge 20 maggio
Regolamentazione delle unioni
‘unione civile’ / civil
2016 n. 76
civili tra persone dello stesso
union
sesso e disciplina delle
convivenze
(Regulation of Civil Unions
Between People of the Same Sex
and the Regulations for
Cohabitation)
Liechtenstein
LGBI nr.
Gesetzes über die Eingetragene
‘eingetragene
2011.350
Partnerschaft
Partnerschaft’ /
Gleichgeschlechtlicher
registered partnership
Paare (Partnerschaftsgesetz;
PartG)
(Act on
the Registered Partnership of
Same-Sex Couples – Partnership
Act)
LGBI nr.
Verordnung über die
2011.402
eingetragene Partnerschaft
gleichgeschlechtlicher Paare
(Partnerschaftsverordnung;
PartV)
(Regulations on the Registered
Partnership of Same-Sex
Couples – Partnership
Regulation)
Luxembourg
Loi du 9 juille
Loi Relative aux Effets Légaux
‘partenariat enregistre’;
de Certains Partenariats
(French);
Gesetz vom 9. Juli
Gesetz über die
Rechtswirkungen
‘eingetragene
Bestimmter
Partnerschaft’
Lebenspartnerschaften
(German)
(Law on the Legal Effects of
/ registered partnership
Certain Partnerships)
Mexico
Decreto No. 113,
Ley Regulatoria de Sociedades
‘sociedad civil de
-
Campeche
27 Dec. 2013
Civiles de Convivencia para el
convivencia’ / civil
Estado de Campeche
union
(Regulatory Act on Civil Unions
of the State of Campeche)
Decreto No. 209,
Pacto Civil de Solidaridad
‘pacto civil de
-
Coahuila
11 Jan. 2007
solidaridad’ / civil
(Civil Solidarity Pact)
solidarity pact
Decreto No. 466,
Ley para Regular la Convivencia
‘convivencia civil’ / civil
-
Colima
24 Mar. 2018
Civil en el Estado de Colima y
union
sus Municipios
(Law to Regulate Civil Unions in
the State of Colima and its
Municipalities)
Nùmero 24486/
Ley de
‘libre convivencia’ / free
-
Jalisco
LX/13
Libre Convivencia
cohabitation
para el Estado de
Jalisco
(Law on Free Cohabitation of
the State of Jalisco)
Decreto No. 554,
Código Familiar Para el Estado
‘sociedad de
-
Michoacán
30 Sep. 2015
de Michoacán de Ocampo
convivencia’ / civil
union
(Family Code of the State of
Michoacán of Ocampo)
Decreto No. 309,
Ley de Sociedades Solidaria para
‘sociedad de
-
Tlaxcala
11 Jan. 2017
el Estado de Tlaxcala
convivencia solidaria’ /
civil union
(Civil Unions Act of the State of
Tlaxcala)
16 Nov. 2006
Ley de Sociedad de Convivencia
‘sociedad de
-
Mexico City
para el Distrito Federal
convivencia’ / civil
Federal
District
union
(Civil Union Act of the Federal
District)
Broj 67/2020 od
Zakon o Životnom Partnerstvu
‘životnog partnerstva’ /
Montenegro
07.2020
Lica Istog Pola
life partnership
(Same-Sex Life Partnership Act)
Netherlands
Wet van 17
Wet tot Aanpassing van
‘geregistreerde
December 1997
Wetgeving aan de Invoering van
partnerschap’ /
het Geregistreerd Partnerschap in
registered partnership
Boek 1 van het Burgerlijk
Wetboek
(Act to Amend Book 1 of the Civil
Code and the Code of Civil
Procedure to introduce
provisions on registered
partnership)
New Zealand
Act No. 102, 2004
Civil Union Act 2004
‘civil union’
Norway
Lov nr. 40, 30
Lov om Registrert Partnerska
‘registrert partnerskap’/
April 1993
registered partnership
(Registered Partnership Act)
Paraguay
20 de junio de
Constitución de la República del
‘union de hecho’ / de
Paraguay
facto union
(Constitution of Paraguay)
Portugal
Lei n. 7/2001 de
Adopta medidas de protecção
‘união de facto’ / de
11 de Maio
das uniões de facto
facto union
(Adopting Measures to
Protect De Facto Unions)
San Marino
Legge 20
Regolamentazione delle Unioni
‘unione civile’ / civil
novembre 2018 n.
Civili
union
(Civil Unions Regulations)
Št. 33/2016
Zakon o Partnerski Zvezi (ZPZ)
‘partnerska zveza’ /
Slovenia
partnership
(Civil Union Act)
Spain
Ley 2/2003
Ley de las Parejas de Hecho
‘parejas de hecho’ / de
facto couples
(De Facto Couples Act)
*provides for civil unions but
they are separately regulated
regionally.
Ley 5/2002
Ley de Parejas de Hecho
‘parejas de hecho’ / de
-
Andalucia
facto couples
(De Facto Couples Act)
Decreto 1/2011
Decreto Legislativo que se
-
Aragón
aprueba el ‘Código del Derecho
Foral de Aragón», el Texto
Refundido de las Leyes civiles
aragonesas
(Legislative Decree that
approves the "Code of Foral Law
of Aragon", the Consolidated
Text of Aragonese Civil Laws)
Ley 4/2002
Ley de Parejas Estables
‘union de hecho’ / de
-
Asturias
facto union
(Stable Couples Act)
Decreto 71/94
Decreto por el que se crea el
Registro de Uniones de Hecho
(Decree to create a Registry for
De Facto Unions)
Ley 18/2001
Ley de Parejas Estables
‘parejas estables’ / stable
-
Balearic
Islands
union
(Stable Union Act)
Ley 5/2003
Ley para la Regulación de las
‘parejas de hecho’ / de
-
Canary
Parejas de Hecho en la
Islands
facto couples
Comunidad Autónoma de
Canarias
(Law regulating Domestic
Partners in the Autonomous
Community of the Canary
Islands)
Ley 1/2005
Ley de Parejas de Hecho de la
‘parejas de hecho’ / de
-
Cantabria
Comunidad Autónoma de
facto couples
Cantabria
(Law on De Facto Couples in the
Autonomous Community of
Cantabria)
Ley 25/2010
Ley del libro Segundo del
‘union estables’ / stable
-
Catalonia
Código Civil de Cataluña,
union
relativo a la persona y la familia
(Law of the second book of the
Civil Code of Catalonia, relating
to the person and the family)
Ley 5/2003
Ley de Parejas de Hecho de la
‘parejas de hecho’ / de
-
Extremaduro
Comunidad Autónoma de
facto couples
Extremadura
(Law on De Facto Couples in the
Autonomous Community of
Extremadura)
Ley 10/2007
Ley de reforma de la Disposición
‘parejas de hecho’ / de
-
Galicia
Adicional Tercera de la Ley 2/
facto couples
2006, de Derecho Civil de
Galicia
(Third Additional Provision of
Law 2/2006 relating to the Rules
regulating Civil Law in Galicia)
Ley 7/2018
Ley de Parejas de Hecho de la
‘parejas de hecho’ / de
-
Murcia
Comunidad Autónoma de la
facto couples
Región de Murcia
(Law on De Facto Couples of the
Autonomous Community of the
Region of Murcia)
Ley 6/2000
Ley para la
‘parejas estables’ / stable
-
Navarra
Igualdad Jurídica de las Parejas
couples
Estables
(Law for the Legal Equality of
Stable Couples)
Ley 2/2003
Ley de Parejas de Hecho
‘parejas de hecho’ / de
-
Basque
Country
facto couples
(De Facto Couples Act)
South Africa
No. 17 of 2006
Civil Unions Act
‘civil partnership’
Sweden
SFS 1994:1117
Lag om Registrerat Partnerskap
‘registrerat partnerskap’
/ registered partnership
(Registered Partnership Act)
Switzerland
vom 18. Juni 2004
Bundesgesetz über die
‘eingetragene
Eingetragene Partnerschaft
Partnerschaft’(German);
Gleichgeschlechtlicher
Paare (German);
du 18 juin 2004
Loi Fédérale sur le Partenariat
‘partnenariat
Enregistré entre Personnes du
enregistré’
del 18 giugno
Même Sexe (French);
(French);
Legge sull'Unione Domestica
Registrata
‘unione domestica
(Italian)
registrata’
(Italian) /
(Federal Act on Registered
Partnerships for Same-Sex
Couples)
registered partnership
United Kingdom
Chapter 33
Civil Partnership Act 2004
‘civil partnership’
-
England and
Wales
No. 1458 of 2019
The Civil Partnership (Opposite-
sex Couples) Regulations 2019
AT 2 of 2011
Civil Partnership Act 2011
‘civil partnership’
-
Isle of Man
360
Civil Partnership (Jersey) Law
‘civil partnership’
-
Jersey
No. 1514 of 2019
The Marriage (Same-sex
‘civil partnership’
-
Northern
Couples) and Civil Partnership
Ireland
(Opposite-sex Couples)
(Northern Ireland) Regulations
2020 asp 15
Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act
‘civil partnership’
-
Scotland
United States of
America
-
Arizona
(Phoenix)
Chapter 17: City Code
‘civil union’
o
Bisbee
Article 8-5: Clarkdale Town
‘civil union’
o
Clarkdale
Code
Chapter 16: Cottonwood
‘civil union’
o
Cottonwood
Municipal Code
Chapter 17: Jerome Town Code
‘civil union’
o
Jerome
Ordinance G-5295
City of Phoenix Ordinance
‘domestic partnership’
o
Phoenix
Sedona Civil Union Ordinance
‘civil union’
o
Sedona
Tucson Civil Union Ordinance
‘civil union’
o
Tucson
AB 205
Domestic Partner Rights and
‘domestic relationship’
-
California
Responsibilities Act of 2003
(Cal. Family Code
§ 297 et seq.)
CRS §14-15-102
Colorado Civil Union Act
‘civil union’
-
Colorado
et seq.
Public Act No. 05-
Chapter 815f: Civil Union
‘civil union’
-
Connecticut
13 Del. Code §
Civil Union and Equality Act of
‘civil union’
-
Delaware
D.C. Code § 32-
Health Care Benefits
‘domestic partnership’
-
District of
702(a)
Expansion Act
Columbia
Atlanta, Municipal Code, §§ 94-
‘domestic partnership’
-
Georgia
131 to 94-138
(city/county-
based)
Athens-Clarke County,
Municipal Code, §§ 1-23-1 to 1-
23-7
Fulton County, Municipal
Code, §§ 154-468 to
154-481
Chapter 572B: Civil Unions
‘civil union’
-
Hawaii
750 ILCS 75/
Illinois Religions Freedom
‘civil union’
-
Illinois
Protection and Civil Union Act
Code of the City of
‘domestic partnership’
-
Kansas
Lawrence
Chapter 2.150
City of Topeka Municipal
Chapter 87, § 87.2
New Orleans City Code
‘domestic partnership’
-
Louisiana
P.L. 2003, c. 672
An Act to Promote the Financial
‘domestic partnership’
-
Maine
Security of Maine’s Families and
Children
Health Care Facility
‘domestic partnership’
-
Maryland
Visitation & Medical
Decisions Act 2008
Various city and county
‘domestic partnership’
-
Missouri
ordinances
Various city-based ordinances
‘domestic partnership’
-
Minnesota
NRS 122A
Chapter 122A: Domestic
‘domestic partnership’
-
Nevada
Partnerships
-
Chapter 246, P.L.
Domestic Partnership Act
‘domestic partnership’
New Jersey
Chapter 103, P.L.
Civil Union Law
‘civil union’
O.R.S 106.300
Oregon Family Fairness Act,
‘domestic partnership’
-
Oregon
2007 c.99 §1
RI H6103
An Act Relating To Domestic
‘civil union’
-
Rhode Island
Relations – Civil Unions
Title 15: Domestic Relations
‘civil union’
-
Vermont
(Chapter 23: Civil Unions)
RCW 26.60
State Registered Domestic
‘state registered
-
Washington
partnership (SRDP)
domestic partnership’
Act No. 28 of
Chapter 770: Domestic
‘domestic partnership’
-
Wisconsin
Partnership
Uruguay
Ley No. 18/246
Ley de Unión Concubinaria
‘unión concubinaria’ /
civil union
(Civil Union Act)
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