Civil Unions (Recognised Overseas Relationships) Regulations 2005

3 Overseas relationships recognised as civil unions

• (1) For the purposes of section 5(b)(i) of the Civil Union Act 2004, a relationship of the type specified in the first column of the following table that is entered into in the place specified in the second column of that table under the authorising legislation specified in the third column of the table is recognised in New Zealand as a civil union.

  Type of relationship		Place relationship registered	Authorising legislation
  1	Registered partnership (rekisteröity parisuhde)	Finland	Laki rekisteröidystä parisuhteesta (950/2001)
  2	Life partnership (Lebenspartnerschaft)	Germany	Gesetz über die Eingetragene Lebenspartnerschaft (Lebenspartnerschaftsgesetz—LPartG)
  3	Civil partnership	United Kingdom	Civil Partnership Act 2004
  4	Domestic partnership	New Jersey, USA	Domestic Partnership Act (P.L. 2003 Ch. 246 (Codified as N.J.S.A. 26:8A-1, et seq))
  5	Civil union	Vermont, USA	Act Relating to Civil Unions (15 V.S.A. (chapter 23: Civil Unions, sections 1201–1207))

  (2) A reference in the third column of the table set out in subclause (1) to specific authorising legislation is taken to include any related legislation that amends or augments the authorising legislation identified in that column.