IHTM43004 - Basic principles: what equivalent arrangements to civil partnerships are recognised in the UK?
»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp partners in a legal relationship registered under the law of another country will be recognised as having formed a civil partnership as long as they and the overseas relationship meet the requirements of the Civil Partnership Act 2005.
»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp requirements are that the legal relationship is either one of the specified relationships listed in Schedule 20 of the Civil Partnership Act, or a relationship that meets the general conditions contained in s.214. Where either apply, the people concerned are treated as having a formed a civil partnership, provided it meets the further conditions in s.212 and ss.215-218 of the Civil Partnership Act.