Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Table of cases
- Table of statutes
- 1 Introduction to the Act
- 2 What is a civil partnership? Formation by registration in England and Wales: eligibility
- 3 Pre-registration procedure: standard procedure; house-bound and detained partners; certain non-residents and other special cases
- 4 Registration in England and Wales – the standard procedure; the special procedure
- 5 Registration outside the UK by Order in Council
- 6 Overseas relationships treated as civil partnerships
- 7 Financial and property implications of civil partnership
- 8 Children
- 9 Relationship between the Civil Partnership Act and the Gender Recognition Act
- 10 The ending of the partnership: orders for dissolution
- 11 Nullity and other proceedings
- 12 Offences
- 13 Domestic violence and occupation of the home
- 14 Financial consequences on breakdown
- 15 Financial relief in England and Wales after an overseas dissolution
- 16 Miscellaneous
- Appendix Civil Partnership Act 2004 – extracts
- Index
Table of statutes
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 July 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Table of cases
- Table of statutes
- 1 Introduction to the Act
- 2 What is a civil partnership? Formation by registration in England and Wales: eligibility
- 3 Pre-registration procedure: standard procedure; house-bound and detained partners; certain non-residents and other special cases
- 4 Registration in England and Wales – the standard procedure; the special procedure
- 5 Registration outside the UK by Order in Council
- 6 Overseas relationships treated as civil partnerships
- 7 Financial and property implications of civil partnership
- 8 Children
- 9 Relationship between the Civil Partnership Act and the Gender Recognition Act
- 10 The ending of the partnership: orders for dissolution
- 11 Nullity and other proceedings
- 12 Offences
- 13 Domestic violence and occupation of the home
- 14 Financial consequences on breakdown
- 15 Financial relief in England and Wales after an overseas dissolution
- 16 Miscellaneous
- Appendix Civil Partnership Act 2004 – extracts
- Index
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- The Civil Partnership Act 2004A Practical Guide, pp. xi - xiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2005