SCHEDULES

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

Part 2 E+W Obtaining consent: general

Declaration E+W

5 E+W If one of the proposed civil partners is a child and is not a surviving civil partner[F1 , 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.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. 2 para. 5 inserted (13.3.2014) by The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (Consequential and Contrary Provisions and Scotland) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/560), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 29(3)