Version Superseded: 22/04/2014
Point in time view as at 05/12/2005.
Civil Partnership Act 2004, Paragraph 7 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 01 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
7(1)Either of the proposed civil partners may apply to the High Court for a declaration that, given that—E+W
(a)both of them have reached 21, and
(b)the younger of those persons has not at any time before reaching 18 been a child of the family in relation to the other,
there is no impediment of affinity to the formation of the civil partnership.
(2)Such an application may be made whether or not any statement has been received by the registration authority under paragraph 6.
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