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Adobe PDF format Civil Partnership Bill 2009 Explanatory Memorandum

The purpose of the Bill is to establish a statutory civil partnership registration scheme for same-sex couples together with a range of rights, obligations and protections consequent on registration, and to set out the manner in which civil partnerships may be dissolved and with what conditions.


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