UNIONS OF EQUIVALENT STATUS TO CIVIL UNIONS [ S.L.530.01 1 SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 530.01 UNIONS OF EQUIVALENT STATUS TO CIVIL UNIONS REGULATIONS 20th June, 2014 LEGAL NOTICE 209 of 2014, as amended by Legal Notice 223 of
- The title of these regulations is the Unions of Equivalent Status to Civil Unions Regulations.
- In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires: "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 which, in the opinion of the Minister, are unions of equivalent status to civil unions as provided for in the Act. SCHEDULE (Regulation 3) Citation. Interpretation. Cap.
- List of unions of equivalent status to civil unions. Substituted by: L.N. 223 of
- Unions of Equivalent Status Country Jurisdiction Legal Reference Original Law Title (Title in English) Name of Partnership ‘Original’ / English Andorra Llei 4 del 21 de febrer 2005 Llei Qualificada de les Unions Estables de Parella 2005 ‘unió estable de parella’ / stable union of a couple (Qualified Stable Union of Couples Law 2005) Llei 34 del 27 de novembre 2014 ‘unió civil’ / civil union Llei Qualificada de Les Unions 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) UNIONS OF EQUIVALENT STATUS TO CIVIL UNIONS [ S.L.530.01 2 Argentina Ley 26.994 de 2014 Cógido Civil y Comercial de La Nacion ‘unión civil’ / civil union (Civil and Commercial Code of Argentina) - City of Buenos Aires Ley 1.004 de 2002 Ley Reconócense las Uniones Civiles en la Cuidad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Créase el Registro Público al Efecto ‘unión civil’ / civil union (Law Recognising Civil Unions in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Creating the Public Registry for the Effect) - City of Rio Cuarto Ordenanza 279 de 2009 Ley de Unión Civil para parejas del mismo sexo ‘unión civil’ / civil union (Civil Union Law for same-sex couples) - City of Rio Negro Ley 3736 de 2002 Ley de Convivencia Homosexual ‘unión civil’ / civil union (Homosexual Cohabitation Law) - City of Villa Carlos Paz Art. 55 Cárta Orgánica de la Municipalidad de Villa Carlos Paz ‘unión civil’ / civil union (Organic Charter of the Municipality of Villa Carlos Paz) Australia - Australian Capital Territory A2012-40 amended to A2017-5 Civil Unions Act 2012 ‘civil union’ Domestic Relationships Act 1994 ‘domestic relationship’ A1994-28 - New South Wales Act 19 of 2010 Relationships Register Act 2010 ‘registered partnership’ - Queensland S.L. 25 of 2018 Civil Partnerships and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation 2018 ‘civil partnership’ - South Australia Act 67 of 2016 Relationships Register Act 2016 ‘registered partnership’ - Tasmania Act No. 44 of 2003 Relationships Act 2003 ‘significant relationship’ UNIONS OF EQUIVALENT STATUS TO CIVIL UNIONS - Victoria Austria [ S.L.530.01 3 Act No. 12 of 2008 Relationships Act 2008 ‘registered domestic relationship’ BGBI. No. 135/2009 Eingetragene Partnerschaft-Gesetz (EPG) ‘eingetragene Partnerschaft’ / registered partnership (Registered Partnership Act) Brazil Lei 9.278 de 1996 Constituição Federal ‘união estável’ / stable union (Federal Constitution) Canada - Alberta S.A. 2002, c. A-4.5 Adult Interdependent Relationships Act ‘adult interdependent relationship’ - Manitoba S.M. 2002, c. 48 Common-Law Partners' Property and Related Statutes Amendment Act (English); ‘common-law relationship’; L.M. 2002, c. 48 Loi sur les Biens des Conjoints de fait et Modifications Connexes (French) ‘union de fait’ - Nova Scotia S.N.S. 2000, c. 29 Law Reform
(2000)Act ‘domestic partnership’ - Quebec S.Q. 2002, c. 6 An Act instituting Civil Unions and Establishing new rules of Filiation (English); ‘civil union’; L.Q. 2002, c. 6 ‘union civile’ Loi Instituant l’Union Civile et Établissant de Nouvelles Règles de Filiation (French) Colombia Ley 54 de 1990 Law 54 of 1990 of December 28 ‘unión de hecho’ / de facto union C-029 of 2009 Constitutional Court Decision C-029 of 2009 Chile Ley 20.830 de 2015 Croatia NN 92/14 Acuerdo de Unión Civil ‘unión civil’ / civil union (Civil Union Agreement) Zakon o životnom partnerstvu osoba istog spola (Same-Sex Life Partnership Act) ‘životno partnerstvo’ / life partnership UNIONS OF EQUIVALENT STATUS TO CIVIL UNIONS [ S.L.530.01 4 Cyprus Law 184(I)/2015 Ο περί Πολιτικής Συμβίωσης Νόμος του 2015 ‘πολιτική συμβίωση’ / civil partnership (Civil Partnership Law of 2015) Czech Republic Zákon č. 115/2006 Zákon o Registrovaném Partnerství a o Změně Některých Souvisejících Zákonů ‘registrované mpartnertsví’ / registered partnership (The Registered Partnership Act and the Amendment of Certain Related Acts) Denmark Lov nr. 372 af 07/06/ 1989 Lov om Registreret Partnerskab ‘registreret partnerskab’ / registered partnership (Registered Partnership Act) *repealed but applies to partnerships registered before 15 June 2012 - Greenland Anordning nr. 320 af
- April 1996 Anordning om Ikrafttraeden for Groenland af lov om Registreret Partnerskab (Ordinance on the entry into force in Greenland of the Registered Partnership Act) Ecuador Registro Oficial 449 de 2008 Constitución de la Republica del Ecuador 2008 ‘registreret partnerskab’ (Danish); ‘nalunaarsukkamik inooqatigiinneq’ (Greenlandic) / registered partnership ‘unión de hecho’ / de facto union (Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador) Estonia Otsusnr. 506 Kooseluseadus ‘kooselu’ / registered partnership (Registered Partnership Act) Finland FFS 9.11.2001/950 Laki Rekisteröidystä Parisuhteista (Finnish); ‘rekisteröity parisuhde’ (Finnish); Lag om Registrerat Partnerskap (Swedish) ‘registrerat partnerskap’ (Swedish) (Registered Partnership Act) / registered partnership UNIONS OF EQUIVALENT STATUS TO CIVIL UNIONS Germany vom
- Februar 2001 Gesetz über die Eingetragene Lebenspartnerschaft (Lebenspartnerschaftsgese t z - LPartG) [ S.L.530.01 ‘Lebenspartnerschaft’ / life partnership (Act on Registered Life Partnerships) Greece Νομος 3719/2008 Νομος 4356/2015 Μεταρρυθμίσεις για την οικογένεια, το παιδί, την κοινωνία και άλλες διατάξεις; ‘σύμφωνο συμβίωσης’ / cohabitation agreement (Law concerning reforms for the family, the child, the society and other provisions) Σύμφωνο συμβίωσης, άσκηση δικαιωμάτων, ποινικές και άλλες διατάξεις (Law concerning cohabitation agreement, exercise of rights, penal and other provisions) Hungary
- évi XXIX Törvénya Bejegyzett Élettársi Kapcsolatról, az Ezzel Összefüggő, Valamintaz Élettársi Viszony Igazolásának Megkönnyítéséhez Szükséges Egyes Törvények Módosításáról ‘bejegyzett élettársi kapcsolatról’ / registered partnership (Act on Registered Partnership and Related Legislation and on the Amendment of Other Statutes to Facilitate the Proof of Cohabitation) Iceland Lög nr.
- júní 1996 Lög um Staðfesta Samvist (Law on Confirmed Cohabitation) *repealed in 2010 but applies to cohabitations registered under it. 5 ‘staðfesta samvist’ / confirmed cohabitation 6 UNIONS OF EQUIVALENT STATUS TO CIVIL UNIONS [ S.L.530.01 Ireland No. 24 of 2010 Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 ‘civil partnership’ Italy Legge 20 maggio 2016 n. 76 Regolamentazione delle unioni civili tra persone dello stesso sesso e disciplina delle convivenze ‘unione civile’ / civil union (Regulation of Civil Unions Between People of the Same Sex and the Regulations for Cohabitation) Liechtenstein LGBI nr. 2011.350 LGBI nr. 2011.402 Gesetzes über die Eingetragene Partnerschaft Gleichgeschlechtlicher Paare (Partnerschaftsgesetz; PartG) ‘eingetragene Partnerschaft’ / registered partnership (Act on the Registered Partnership of Same-Sex Couples – Partnership Act) Verordnung über die eingetragene Partnerschaft gleichgeschlechtlicher Paare (Partnerschaftsverordnung ; PartV) (Regulations on the Registered Partnership of Same-Sex Couples – Partnership Regulation) Luxembourg Loi du 9 juille 2004 Gesetz vom
- Juli 2004 Loi Relative aux Effets Légaux de Certains Partenariats (French); ‘partenariat enregistre’; Gesetz über die Rechtswirkungen Bestimmter Lebenspartnerschaften (German) ‘eingetragene Partnerschaft’ (Law on the Legal Effects of Certain Partnerships) / registered partnership UNIONS OF EQUIVALENT STATUS TO CIVIL UNIONS [ S.L.530.01 7 Mexico - Campeche Decreto No. 113, 27 Dec. 2013 Ley Regulatoria de Sociedades Civiles de Convivencia para el Estado de Campeche ‘sociedad civil de convivencia’ / civil union (Regulatory Act on Civil Unions of the State of Campeche) - Coahuila Decreto No. 209, 11 Jan. 2007 - Colima Decreto No. 466, 24 Mar. 2018 Pacto Civil de Solidaridad ‘pacto civil de solidaridad’ / civil solidarity pact (Civil Solidarity Pact) Ley para Regular la Convivencia Civil en el Estado de Colima y sus Municipios ‘convivencia civil’ / civil union (Law to Regulate Civil Unions in the State of Colima and its Municipalities) - Jalisco Nùmero 24486/LX/ 13 Ley de Libre Convivencia para el Estado de Jalisco ‘libre convivencia’ / free cohabitation (Law on Free Cohabitation of the State of Jalisco) - Michoacán Decreto No. 554, 30 Sep. 2015 Código Familiar Para el Estado de Michoacán de Ocampo ‘sociedad de convivencia’ / civil union (Family Code of the State of Michoacán of Ocampo) - Tlaxcala Decreto No. 309, 11 Jan. 2017 Ley de Sociedades Solidaria para el Estado de Tlaxcala ‘sociedad de convivencia solidaria’ / civil union (Civil Unions Act of the State of Tlaxcala) - Mexico City Federal District 16 Nov. 2006 Ley de Sociedad de Convivencia para el Distrito Federal ‘sociedad de convivencia’ / civil union (Civil Union Act of the Federal District) Montenegro Broj 67/2020 od 07.07.2020 Zakon o Životnom Partnerstvu Lica Istog Pola (Same-Sex Life Partnership Act) ‘životnog partnerstva’ / life partnership UNIONS OF EQUIVALENT STATUS TO CIVIL UNIONS [ S.L.530.01 8 Netherlands Wet van 17 December 1997 Wet tot Aanpassing van Wetgeving aan de Invoering van het Geregistreerd Partnerschap in Boek 1 van het Burgerlijk Wetboek ‘geregistreerde partnerschap’ / registered partnership (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 April 1993 Lov om Registrert Partnerska ‘registrert partnerskap’/ registered partnership (Registered Partnership Act) Paraguay 20 de junio de 1992 Constitución de la República del Paraguay ‘union de hecho’ / de facto union (Constitution of Paraguay) Portugal Lei n. 7/2001 de 11 de Maio Adopta medidas de protecção das uniões de facto ‘união de facto’ / de facto union (Adopting Measures to Protect De Facto Unions) San Marino Legge 20 novembre 2018 n. 147 Regolamentazione delle Unioni Civili ‘unione civile’ / civil union (Civil Unions Regulations) Slovenia Št. 33/2016 Spain Ley 2/2003 Zakon o Partnerski Zvezi (ZPZ) ‘partnerska zveza’ / partnership (Civil Union Act) 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. - Andalucia Ley 5/2002 Ley de Parejas de Hecho (De Facto Couples Act) ‘parejas de hecho’ / de facto couples UNIONS OF EQUIVALENT STATUS TO CIVIL UNIONS - Aragón Decreto 1/2011 [ S.L.530.01 9 Decreto Legislativo que se 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) - Asturias Ley 4/2002 Ley de Parejas Estables ‘union de hecho’ / de 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) - Balearic Islands Ley 18/2001 Ley de Parejas Estables ‘parejas estables’ / stable union (Stable Union Act) - Canary Islands Ley 5/2003 Ley para la Regulación de las Parejas de Hecho en la Comunidad Autónoma de Canarias ‘parejas de hecho’ / de facto couples (Law regulating Domestic Partners in the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands) - Cantabria Ley 1/2005 Ley de Parejas de Hecho de la Comunidad Autónoma de Cantabria ‘parejas de hecho’ / de facto couples (Law on De Facto Couples in the Autonomous Community of Cantabria) - Catalonia Ley 25/2010 Ley del libro Segundo del Código Civil de Cataluña, 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) ‘union estables’ / stable union UNIONS OF EQUIVALENT STATUS TO CIVIL UNIONS [ S.L.530.01 10 - Extremaduro Ley 5/2003 Ley de Parejas de Hecho de la Comunidad Autónoma de Extremadura ‘parejas de hecho’ / de facto couples (Law on De Facto Couples in the Autonomous Community of Extremadura) - Galicia Ley 10/2007 Ley de reforma de la Disposición Adicional Tercera de la Ley 2/2006, de Derecho Civil de Galicia ‘parejas de hecho’ / de facto couples (Third Additional Provision of Law 2/2006 relating to the Rules regulating Civil Law in Galicia) - Murcia Ley 7/2018 Ley de Parejas de Hecho de la Comunidad Autónoma de la Región de Murcia ‘parejas de hecho’ / de facto couples (Law on De Facto Couples of the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia) - Navarra Ley 6/2000 Ley para la Igualdad Jurídica de las Parejas Estables ‘parejas estables’ / stable couples (Law for the Legal Equality of Stable Couples) - Basque Country Ley 2/2003 Ley de Parejas de Hecho ‘parejas de hecho’ / de 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) UNIONS OF EQUIVALENT STATUS TO CIVIL UNIONS Switzerland vom
- Juni 2004 du 18 juin 2004 del 18 giugno 2004 Bundesgesetz über die Eingetragene Partnerschaft Gleichgeschlechtlicher Paare (German); Loi Fédérale sur le Partenariat Enregistré entre Personnes du Même Sexe (French); Legge sull'Unione Domestica Registrata (Italian) [ S.L.530.01 ‘eingetragene Partnerschaft’(German); ‘partnenariat enregistré’ (French); ‘unione domestica registrata’ (Italian) / (Federal Act on Registered Partnerships for Same-Sex Couples) registered partnership Chapter 33 Civil Partnership Act 2004 ‘civil partnership’ No. 1458 of 2019 The Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019 United Kingdom - England and Wales - Isle of Man AT 2 of 2011 Civil Partnership Act 2011 ‘civil partnership’ - Jersey 12.360 Civil Partnership (Jersey) Law 2012 ‘civil partnership’ - Northern Ireland No. 1514 of 2019 The Marriage (Same-sex Couples) and Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2019 ‘civil partnership’ - Scotland 2020 asp 15 Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2020 ‘civil partnership’ United States of America - Arizona (Phoenix) o Bisbee Chapter 17: City Code ‘civil union’ o Clarkdale Article 8-5: Clarkdale Town Code ‘civil union’ o Cottonwood Chapter 16: Cottonwood Municipal Code ‘civil union’ o Jerome Chapter 17: Jerome Town Code ‘civil union’ o Phoenix City of Phoenix Ordinance ‘domestic partnership’ Ordinance G-5295 11 UNIONS OF EQUIVALENT STATUS TO CIVIL UNIONS [ S.L.530.01 12 - o Sedona Sedona Civil Union Ordinance ‘civil union’ o Tucson Tucson Civil Union Ordinance ‘civil union’ Domestic Partner Rights and Responsibilities Act of 2003 ‘domestic relationship’ California AB 205 (Cal. Family Code § 297 et seq.) - Colorado CRS §14-15-102 et seq. Colorado Civil Union Act ‘civil union’ - Connecticut Public Act No. 05-10 Chapter 815f: Civil Union ‘civil union’ - Delaware 13 Del. Code § 218 Civil Union and Equality Act of 2011 ‘civil union’ - District of Columbia D.C. Code § 32702(a) Health Care Benefits Expansion Act ‘domestic partnership’ - Georgia (city/countybased) Atlanta, Municipal Code, §§ 94-131 to 94-138 ‘domestic partnership’ Athens-Clarke County, Municipal Code, §§ 1-231 to 1-23-7 Fulton County, Municipal Code, §§ 154-468 to 154-481 Chapter 572B: Civil Unions ‘civil union’ Illinois Religions Freedom Protection and Civil Union Act ‘civil union’ Code of the City of Lawrence ‘domestic partnership’ - Hawaii - Illinois - Kansas Chapter 2.150 City of Topeka Municipal - Louisiana Chapter 87, § 87.2 New Orleans City Code ‘domestic partnership’ - Maine P.L. 2003, c. 672 An Act to Promote the Financial Security of Maine’s Families and Children ‘domestic partnership’ - Maryland Health Care Facility Visitation & Medical Decisions Act 2008 ‘domestic partnership’ - Missouri Various city and county ordinances ‘domestic partnership’ - Minnesota Various city-based ordinances ‘domestic partnership’ - Nevada Chapter 122A: Domestic Partnerships ‘domestic partnership’ 750 ILCS 75/ NRS 122A UNIONS OF EQUIVALENT STATUS TO CIVIL UNIONS - New Jersey [ S.L.530.01 Chapter 246, P.L. 2003 Domestic Partnership Act ‘domestic partnership’ Chapter 103, P.L. 2006 Civil Union Law ‘civil union’ 13 - Oregon O.R.S 106.300 Oregon Family Fairness Act, 2007 c.99 §1 ‘domestic partnership’ - Rhode Island RI H6103 An Act Relating To Domestic Relations – Civil Unions ‘civil union’ - Vermont Title 15: Domestic Relations (Chapter 23: Civil Unions) ‘civil union’ - Washington RCW 26.60 State Registered Domestic partnership (SRDP) ‘state registered domestic partnership’ - Wisconsin Act No. 28 of 2009 Chapter 770: Domestic Partnership ‘domestic partnership’ Ley No. 18/246 Ley de Unión Concubinaria ‘unión concubinaria’ / civil union Uruguay (Civil Union Act)