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3(1)This paragraph applies if—
(a)a young person and another person intend to register as civil partners of each other, and
(b)a county court is satisfied as mentioned in sub-paragraphs (3) and (4).
(2)A county court may make an order dispensing with the consent of any person whose consent is required.
(3)The court must be satisfied that the registration of the civil partnership is in the best interests of the young person.
(4)The court must be satisfied that—
(a)it is not reasonably practicable to obtain the consent of any person whose consent is required,
(b)any person whose consent is required withholds or refuses that consent, or
(c)there is uncertainty as to whose consent is required.
(5)An application for an order under this paragraph may be made—
(a)by or on behalf of the young person, or
(b)by or on behalf of the other person (who may be another young person) mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(a),
and without the intervention of a next friend.
(6)The decision of the county court on any application made under this paragraph is final and conclusive.
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