(1) Section 2(1) of the Act of 2004 is amended -

(a) by inserting the following definitions:

"‘Act of 2010’ means the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010;

‘civil partner’ has the meaning assigned to it by the Act of 2010;

‘civil partnership registration’ means registration under section 59D;

‘civil status’ means being single, married, separated, divorced, widowed, in a civil partnership or being a former civil partner in a civil partnership that has ended by death or been dissolved;

‘dissolution’ means dissolution of a civil partnership under section 110 of the Act of 2010;",

(b) by substituting the following definition for the definition "decree of divorce":

"‘decree of divorce’ has the meaning assigned to it by the Family Law (Divorce) Act 1996;",

(c) by substituting the following definition for the definition "decree of nullity":

"‘decree of nullity’ -

(a) in the case of a decree of nullity of marriage, has the meaning assigned to it by the Family Law (Divorce) Act 1996, and

(b) in the case of a decree of nullity of civil partnership, has the meaning assigned to it by the Act of 2010;",

(d) in the definition of "event", by substituting "divorce, decree of nullity, civil partnership registration or dissolution" for "divorce or decree of nullity",