Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010

PART 1

Preliminary and General

Short title, commencement and collective citation.

1.— (1) This Act may be cited as the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 .

(2) This Act, other than Part 3 , shall come into operation on the day or days that the Minister may appoint by order either generally or with reference to a particular purpose or provision and different days may be so appointed for different purposes or different provisions.

(3) Part 3 shall come into operation on the day or days that the Minister may, after consulting with the Minister for Social Protection, appoint by order either generally or with reference to a particular purpose or provision.