SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1Prohibited degrees of relationship: England and Wales

Part 2Special provisions relating to qualified prohibitions

Provisions relating to paragraph 2

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(1)

Sub-paragraph (2) applies if—

(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 F1... declaration is obtained under paragraph 7.