36. Section 5 of the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 is amended by the insertion of the following subsections after subsection (1):

“(1A) For the purposes of subsection (1), a legal relationship entered into in an embassy or diplomatic mission of a state under the laws of that state shall be deemed to have been entered into in that state.

(1B) Subsection (1A) shall not apply to a legal relationship entered into in an embassy or diplomatic mission in the State on or after 1 January 2011.”