Table of Contents

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.