Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act, 2010

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR No. 24/2010
• Year: 2010

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Number 24 of 2010

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CIVIL PARTNERSHIP AND CERTAIN RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF COHABITANTS ACT 2010

REVISED

Updated to 4 May 2020

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This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010. It is prepared by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under the Law Reform Commission Act 1975 (3/1975) to keep the law under review and to undertake revision and consolidation of statute law.

All Acts up to and including the Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020 (2/2020), enacted 27 March 2020, and all statutory instruments up to and including the Planning and Development Act 2000 (Subsection (4) of Section 251A) (No. 2) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 165 of 2020), made 4 May 2020, were considered in the preparation of this Revised Act.

Disclaimer: While every care has been taken in the preparation of this Revised Act, the Law Reform Commission can assume no responsibility for and give no guarantees, undertakings or warranties concerning the accuracy, completeness or up to date nature of the information provided and does not accept any liability whatsoever arising from any errors or omissions. Please notify any errors, omissions and comments by email to

revisedacts@lawreform.ie.

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Number 24 of 2010

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CIVIL PARTNERSHIP AND CERTAIN RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF COHABITANTS ACT 2010

REVISED

Updated to 4 May 2020

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Introduction

This Revised Act presents the text of the Act as it has been amended since enactment, and preserves the format in which it was passed.

Related legislation

This Act is not collectively cited with any other Act.

Annotations

This Revised Act is annotated and includes textual and non-textual amendments, statutory instruments made pursuant to the Act and previous affecting provisions.

An explanation of how to read annotations is available at

www.lawreform.ie/annotations.

Material not updated in this revision

Where other legislation is amended by this Act, those amendments may have been superseded by other amendments in other legislation, or the amended legislation may have been repealed or revoked. This information is not represented in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the amended legislation if one is available.

Where legislation or a fragment of legislation is referred to in annotations, changes to this legislation or fragment may not be reflected in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the legislation referred to if one is available.

A list of legislative changes to any Act, and to statutory instruments from 1972, may be found linked from the page of the Act or statutory instrument at

www.irishstatutebook.ie.

Acts which affect or previously affected this revision

• Family Law Act 2019 (37/2019)

• Domestic Violence Act 2018 (6/2018)

• Mediation Act 2017 (27/2017)

• Courts Act 2016 (22/2016)

• Marriage Act 2015 (35/2015)

• Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 (9/2015)

• Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 (34/2014)

• Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 (21/2014)

• Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013 (32/2013)

• Education and Training Boards Act 2013 (11/2013)

• Finance Act 2013 (8/2013)

• Personal Insolvency Act 2012 (44/2012)

• Finance Act 2012 (9/2012)

• Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011 (23/2011)

• Finance (No. 3) Act 2011 (18/2011)

• Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004 (31/2004)

• Capital Acquisitions Tax Consolidation Act 2003 (1/2003)

• Stamp Duties Consolidation Act 1999 (31/1999)

• Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (39/1997)

All Acts up to and including Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020 (2/2020), enacted 27 March 2020, were considered in the preparation of this revision.

Statutory instruments which affect or previously affected this revision

• Civil Partnership (Recognition of Registered Foreign Relationships) Order 2016 (S.I. No. 132 of 2016)

• Civil Partnership (Recognition of Registered Foreign Relationships) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 212 of 2014)

• Civil Partnership (Recognition of Registered Foreign Relationships) Order 2013 (S.I. No. 490 of 2013)

• Civil Partnership (Recognition of Registered Foreign Relationships) Order 2012 (S.I. No. 505 of 2012)

• Land Registration Rules 2012 (S.I. No. 483 of 2012)

• Stamp Duty (E-stamping of Instruments and Self-Assessment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. No. 234 of 2012)

• Civil Partnership (Recognition of Registered Foreign Relationships) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 642 of 2011)

• Civil Partnership (Recognition of Registered Foreign Relationships) Order 2010 (S.I. No. 649 of 2010)

• Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 (Commencement) Order 2010 (S.I. No. 648 of 2010)

All statutory instruments up to and including Planning and Development Act 2000 (Subsection (4) of Section 251A) (No. 2) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 165 of 2020), made 8 May 2020, were considered in the preparation of this revision.

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Number 24 of 2010

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CIVIL PARTNERSHIP AND CERTAIN RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF COHABITANTS ACT 2010

REVISED

Updated to 4 May 2020

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Acts Referred to

Abattoirs Act 1988	1988, No. 8
Agricultural Credit Act 1978	1978, No. 2
Agriculture Act 1931	1931, No. 8
Air Navigation and Transport (Amendment) Act 1998	1998, No. 24
Air Navigation and Transport (International Conventions) Act 2004	2004, No. 11
Aliens Act 1935	1935, No. 14
Aviation Regulation Act 2001	2001, No. 1
Bankruptcy Act 1988	1988, No. 27
Building Societies Act 1989	1989, No. 17
Central Bank Act 1942	1942, No. 22
Central Bank Act 1989	1989, No. 16
Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Act 2003	2003, No. 12
Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Act 2004	2004, No. 21
Civil Legal Aid Act 1995	1995, No. 32
Civil Liability (Amendment) Act 1996	1996, No. 42
Civil Liability Act 1961	1961, No. 41
Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004	2004, No. 31
Civil Registration Act 2004	2004, No. 3
Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (Amendment) Act 2005	2005, No. 17
Companies Act 1963	1963, No. 33
Companies Act 1990	1990, No. 33
Company Law Enforcement Act 2001	2001, No. 28
Consumer Credit Act 1995	1995, No. 24
Consumer Protection Act 2007	2007, No. 19
Conveyancing Act 1882	45 & 46 Vict., c. 39
Courts (Supplemental Provisions) (Amendment) Act 1991	1991, No. 23
Courts of Justice and Court Officers (Superannuation) Act 1961	1961, No. 16
Credit Union Act 1997	1997, No. 15
Criminal Assets Bureau Act 1996	1996, No. 31
Criminal Damage Act 1991	1991, No. 31
Criminal Justice Act 1999	1999, No. 10
Defence Act 1954	1954, No. 18
Defence (Amendment) Act 2007	2007, No. 24
Digital Hub Development Agency Act 2003	2003, No. 23
Disability Act 2005	2005, No. 14
Domestic Violence Act 1996	1996, No. 1
Domestic Violence Acts 1996 and 2002
Electoral Act 1992	1992, No. 23
Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) Act 1958	1958, No. 35
Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) Act 1970	1970, No. 5
Employment Equality Act 1998	1998, No. 21
Enforcement of Court Orders Act 1926	1926, No. 18
Enforcement of Court Orders Act 1940	1940, No. 23
Equal Status Act 2000	2000, No. 8
Ethics in Public Office Act 1995	1995, No. 22
Family Law (Divorce) Act 1996	1996, No. 33
Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Act 1976	1976, No. 11
Family Law Act 1995	1995, No. 26
Farm Tax Act 1985	1985, No. 17
Food Safety Authority of Ireland Act 1998	1998, No. 29
Garda Síochána (Compensation) Act 1941	1941, No. 19
Garda Síochána Act 2005	2005, No. 20
Gas (Interim) (Regulation) Act 2002	2002, No. 10
Grangegorman Development Agency Act 2005	2005, No. 21
Great Southern Railways Company (Superannuation Scheme) Act 1947	1947, No. 21
Harbours Act 1946	1946, No. 9
Harbours Acts 1946 to 2005
Health (Amendment) Act 2005	2005, No. 3
Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2001	2001, No. 14
Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Act 2007	2007, No. 1
Health (Nursing Homes) Act 1990	1990, No. 23
Health Act 1970	1970, No. 1
Health Act 2004	2004, No. 42
Housing Act 1988	1988, No. 28
Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1979	1979, No. 27
Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2002	2002, No. 9
Housing (Private Rented Dwellings) (Amendment) Act 1983	1983, No. 22
Housing (Private Rented Dwellings) Act 1982	1982, No. 6
Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland) Act 2003	2003, No. 30
Insurance Act 1989	1989, No. 3
Insurance Act 2000	2000, No. 42
Investor Compensation Act 1998	1998, No. 37
Irish Horse Racing Industry Act 1994	1994, No. 18
Judgements (Ireland) Act 1844	1844, c. 90
Land Act 1931	1931, No. 11
Land Act 1933	1933, No. 38
Land Act 1936	1936, No. 41
Land Act 1965	1965, No. 2

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