Civil Partnership Act 2004

Family Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 1984 (S.I. 1984/1984 (N.I. 14))

64 (1) Amend Article 18 (prohibited degrees of relationship) as follows.

(2) In paragraph (1), for the words from “between a man” to “that Table” substitute “between a person and any person mentioned in the list in Part 1 of the following Table”.

(3) For the Table in paragraph (1) substitute—

“Part 1 Prohibited Degrees of Relationship

• Adoptive child

• Adoptive parent

• Child

• Former adoptive child

• Former adoptive parent

• Grandparent

• Grandchild

• Parent

• Parent’s sibling

• Sibling

• Sibling’s child

Part 2 Degrees of Affinity referred to in Paragraphs (2A) and (2B)

• Child of former civil partner

• Child of former spouse

• Former civil partner of grandparent

• Former civil partner of parent

• Former spouse of grandparent

• Former spouse of parent

• Grandchild of former civil partner

• Grandchild of former spouse

Part 3 Degrees of Affinity referred to in Paragraphs (2C) and (2D)

• Parent of former spouse

• Parent of former civil partner

• Former spouse of child

• Former civil partner of child”.

(4) In paragraph (2)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (b), for the words “brother or sister” substitute “sibling”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (c), after the word “marriage” insert “or civil partnership”.

(5) In paragraph (2A), for the words from “between a man” to “that Part II” substitute “between a person and any person mentioned in the list in Part 2 of that Table”.

(6) In paragraph (2C), for the words from “between a man” to “that Part III” substitute “between a person and any person mentioned in the list in Part 3 of that Table”.

(7) In paragraph (2D), for sub-paragraphs (a) to (d) substitute—

“(a) in the case of a marriage between a person and the parent of a former spouse of that person, after the death of both the former spouse and the former spouse’s other parent;

(b) in the case of a marriage between a person and the parent of a former civil partner of that person, after the death of both the former civil partner and the former civil partner’s other parent;

(c) in the case of a marriage between a person and the spouse of a child of that person, after the death of both the child and the child’s other parent;

(d) in the case of a marriage between a person and the former civil partner of a child of that person, after the death of both the child and the child’s other parent.”