The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Partnership_Act_2004" id="mwAUc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Civil Partnership Act 2004">Civil Partnership Act</a> comes into effect in the United Kingdom, and the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_partnership_in_the_United_Kingdom" id="mwAUg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Civil partnership in the United Kingdom">civil partnership</a> is registered there.