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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1E+WProhibited degrees of relationship: England and Wales

Part 2 E+WSpecial provisions relating to qualified prohibitions

Provisions relating to paragraph 2E+W

6(1)Sub-paragraph (2) applies if—E+W

(a)a registration authority receives from a person who is not one of the proposed civil partners a written statement signed by that person which alleges that a declaration made under paragraph 5 is false in a material particular, and

(b)the register shows that such a statement has been received.

(2)The registration authority in whose area it is proposed that the registration take place must not issue a civil partnership schedule unless a High Court declaration is obtained under paragraph 7.