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08 November 2011
Categories: Legislation
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Equality Act 2010 (Commencement No 8) Order 2011 (SI 2011/2646)

Commences section 202 of the Equality Act 2010 for remaining purposes on 5 December 2011.

Published Date
7 November 2011

Summary

Section 202(2) removes from the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (“the CPA”) the prohibition which prevents civil partnerships from being registered on religious premises. The remainder of section 202(4) inserts a new provision into the CPA to make it explicit that nothing in the CPA obliges religious organisations to

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