(1) Section 2(1) (amended by section 24 and Schedule of the Act of 2010) of the Principal Act is amended by inserting the following definitions:

"‘civil partner’ means a civil partner within the meaning of the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010;

‘civil partnership’ means -

(a) a civil partnership registration referred to in section 3(a) of the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010, or

(b) a legal relationship referred to in section 3(b) of the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010;

‘cohabitant’ means a cohabitant within the meaning of section 172(1) of the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010;

‘surviving civil partner’ means one civil partner of a couple who were both parties to the same civil partnership and whose civil partner is deceased and includes one civil partner of a couple who were both parties to the same civil partnership, who would otherwise be a surviving civil partner but for the fact that his or her civil partnership has been dissolved being a dissolution that is recognised as valid in the State;".

(2) Section 2 of the Principal Act is amended in subsection (2)  -