Civil Partnership (Scotland) Bill: business and regulatory impact assessment

Footnotes

1. The UK Supreme Court judgment is at https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2017-0060.html

2. The Scottish Government consultation in 2019 is at https://www2.gov.scot/Topics/Justice/law/17867/civil-partnership-in-scotland

3. Details of these interviews can be found at https://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20170706153125/http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2015/09/4223/16

4. The current fees for entering a civil partnership are at https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/files//registration/cp-new-fees-16-12-2014.pdf.

5. The UK Government is currently working on legislation to introduce mixed sex civil partnership in England and Wales.

6. The New Zealand statistics are at https://www.stats.govt.nz/information-releases/marriages-civil-unions-and-divorces-year-ended-december-2018 (Please see tables 6 and 7 at the second link).

7. This figure of 75 does not quite tally with the figures of 30 and 48. Stats NZ indicate that the data on civil unions "has been randomly rounded to protect confidentiality. Individual figures may not add up to totals and values for the same data may vary in different tables"

8. https://www.govt.nz/browse/family-and-whanau/getting-married/get-a-marriage-licence/

9. https://www.govt.nz/browse/family-and-whanau/getting-married/celebrants/

10. https://www.stats.govt.nz/news/marriage-and-divorce-continue-downward-trend

11. https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/statistics/statistics-by-theme/vital-events/general-publications/vital-events-reference-tables/2018/section-7-marriages Please see table 7.01b

12. The UK Government's Impact Assessment is at https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/815743/Civil_Partnerships_Impact_Assessment.pdf

13. "OSCP" is an abbreviation used by the UK Government. It stands for "opposite sex civil partnership"

14. More details are on the Scottish Public Pension Agency website: https://pensions.gov.scot/

15. The UK Supreme Court decision in Walker v Innospec is at https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2016-0090.html

16. Please see paragraph 78 of the UK Government's "Next Steps" document on civil partnerships: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/civil-partnerships-next-steps-and-consultation-on-conversion

17. https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/statistics/statistics-by-theme/vital-events/general-publications/vital-events-reference-tables/2018/section-7-marriages

18. https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2019/1271.html

19. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/815743/Civil_Partnerships_Impact_Assessment.pdf

20. The methodology for the UK Government's calculations is on page 14 of the UK Government Impact Assessment.

21. https://www.gov.scot/publications/civil-justice-statistics-scotland-2017-18/ (see table 5)

22. Ibid (See tables 6 and 7)

23. Ibid (see tables 9 and 10)

24. Guidance on the simplified procedures for divorce and dissolution can be found on the SCTS website: http://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/taking-action/divorce-and-dissolution-of-civil-partnership

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