Events tagged with "Civil Partnership Act"
Civil Partnerships introduced
The Civil Partnership Act 2004 came into force on 5 December 2005 in the UK, the first day couples could give notice of their intention to form a civil partnership. The Civil Partnership Act enables same-sex couples aged 16 and over to obtain legal r...
Legislation impacting on gay men and lesbians
A summary of the legislation impacting on gay men and lesbians follows. More detail can be found in related events and memories.1900At the turn of the century, the 1885 Act which included the offence of ‘gross indecency’ was being used to arrest and...
Memories tagged with "Civil Partnership Act"
Training the registrar's team 2005
“When they were introducing the Civil Partnership Act (2005) the registration service came to talk to us (the LGB staff group at Staffordshire County Council) about how they should advertise, what sort of leaflets they should prepare and so on. We ha...