259 Power to make further provision in connection with civil partnership
Civil Partnership Act 2004 (2004 c 33) | Legislation

259  Power to make further provision in connection with civil partnership

(1)     A Minister of the Crown may by order make such further provision (including supplementary, incidental, consequential, transitory, transitional or saving provision) as he considers appropriate—

(a)     for the general purposes, or any particular purpose, of this Act,

(b)     in consequence of any provision made by or under this Act, or

(c)     for giving full effect to this Act or any provision of it.

(2)     The power conferred by subsection (1) is also exercisable—

(a)     by the Scottish Ministers, in relation to a relevant Scottish provision;

(b)     by a Northern Ireland department, in relation to a provision which deals with a transferred matter;

(c)     by the National Assembly for Wales, in relation to a provision which is made otherwise than by virtue of subsection (3) and deals with matters with respect to which functions are exercisable by the Assembly.

(3)     An order under subsection (1) may—

(a)     amend or repeal any enactment contained in an Act passed on or before the last day of the Session in which

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