Domestic Partnership Act 2018

Domestic Partnerships Act 2018
Domestic Partnerships Act 2018
Parliament of Bermuda
Citation	Act No.1 of 2018
Royal assent	7 February 2018
Signed by	Governor John Rankin
Commenced	1 June 2018
Introduced by	Walter Roban
Keywords
	same-sex marriage, domestic partnership
	Status: Current legislation

The Domestic Partnership Act 2018 is an act of the Parliament of Bermuda. It provided for the creation of domestic partnerships for both same-sex and opposite-sex couples and prohibited same-sex marriage, making the Parliament of Bermuda the first legislature to abolish same-sex marriage after it was initially legalised.^[1]^[2]

^ Tom Embury-Dennis (8 February 2018). "Bermuda repeals same-sex marriage in world first". The Independent. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
^ "Bermuda to become first territory to legalise - and then ban - same-sex marriage in just seven months". The Telegraph. 14 December 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2018.

[1] Tom Embury-Dennis (8 February 2018). "Bermuda repeals same-sex marriage in world first". The Independent. Retrieved 13 March 2018.

[2] "Bermuda to become first territory to legalise - and then ban - same-sex marriage in just seven months". The Telegraph. 14 December 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2018.

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