85. Section 12 of the Act of 1992 is amended—

(a) in subsection (1), by the insertion of the following definition:

“ ‘civil partner’ has the meaning assigned to it by the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010;”,

(b) in subsection (2), by the deletion of—

(i) “within the meaning of the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 ”, and

(ii) “on the qualifying date”,

(c) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (3):

“(3) A qualified person may, not later than the date specified in section 14, send to the appropriate registration authority a statement in a form directed by the Minister providing the following information:

(a) the address of the premises in the State in which, but for the requirements of his or her duties, he or she would be resident;

(b) particulars of his or her spouse or civil partner (if any).”,

and

(d) in subsection (5)—

(i) by the deletion of “on the qualifying date”, and

(ii) by the insertion of “or civil partner” after “spouse”.