SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2Civil partnerships of persons under 18: England and Wales

Part 2Obtaining consent: general

Declaration

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If one of the proposed civil partners is a child and is not a surviving civil partnerF1, widow or widower, the necessary declaration under section 8 must also—

(a)

state in relation to each appropriate person—

(i)

that that person’s consent has been obtained,

(ii)

that the need to obtain that person’s consent has been dispensed with under paragraph 3, or

(iii)

that the court has given consent under paragraph 3 or 4, or

(b)

state that no person exists whose consent is required to a civil partnership between the child and another person.