Hi, need to submit a 2250 words essay on the topic The Civil Partnership Act 2004 was always an unsatisfactory compromise between giving some legal recognition to same-sex relationships while preservi

Hi, need to submit a 2250 words essay on the topic The Civil Partnership Act 2004 was always an unsatisfactory compromise between giving some legal recognition to same-sex relationships while preserving the special status of marriage. The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013, when brought into force, w.

. In UK, marriages have to be registered under the Marriages Act, 1949. For registering a civil partnership or a marriage, one should give atleast 16-day prior notice at his or her local register office. Such notice will be displayed in the register office for 15 days for the public view. A religious marriage can occur at a chapel, a church or other religious places registered for this purpose. After a civil ceremony in a registered office, religious blessings can happen. If one’s marriage is conducted at an Anglican Church, then there is no need to give notice to the register office as the church official who is conducting the marriage will register such marriage. One has to exchange wedding vows in case of a marriage. In case of civil partnership registration, there is no need to exchange vows but one can do so if he desires. There should be atleast two witnesses for registering a marriage or a civil partnership and the applicant has to remit a fee of £45 to the register office. Further, for getting the certificate of civil partnership or marriage, one has to pay £4 on the day of event or £ 7 after the day of the event.1

Under Civil Partnership Act 2004, the same sex-pair has the analogues’ legal privileges and accountabilities as married heterosexual pairs. Further, under the Act, such same-sex partners are entitled to get divorced as in the case of marriages of opposite sex pairs.

Despite the fact that the civil partnerships between same-sex couples have been recognised from the year 2004 onwards but there is no valid acknowledgement of marriage between same-sex pairs in the 2004 Act whereas it has been recognised in the 2013 Act2.

The 2013 Act remains distinct from the Marriages Act, 1949 as the new Act 2013 permits the same-sex pairs to marry like the opposite-sex pairs. Thus, the 2013 Act offers the legal provisions which are mostly analogues’ and offer married same-sex partners the analogues legal