Part 5Civil partnership formed or dissolved abroad etc.
Chapter 4Miscellaneous and supplementary
240Certificates of no impediment to overseas relationships
(1)
Her Majesty may by Order in Council make provision for the issue of certificates of no impediment to—
(a)
United Kingdom nationals, and
(b)
such other persons falling within subsection (2) as may be prescribed,
who wish to enter into overseas relationships in prescribed countries or territories outside the United Kingdom with persons who are not United Kingdom nationals and who do not fall within subsection (2).
(2)
A person falls within this subsection if under any enactment for the time being in force in any country mentioned in Schedule 3 to the British Nationality Act 1981 (c. 61) (Commonwealth countries) that person is a citizen of that country.
(3)
A certificate of no impediment is a certificate that, after proper notices have been given, no legal impediment to the recipient entering into the overseas relationship has been shown to the person issuing the certificate to exist.