Part 2Civil partnership: England and Wales
Chapter 1Registration
Formation, eligibility and parental etc. consent
4Parental etc. consent where proposed civil partner under 18
1
The consent of the appropriate persons is required before a child and another person may register as civil partners of each other.
2
Part 1 of Schedule 2 contains provisions for determining who are the appropriate persons for the purposes of this section.
3
The requirement of consent under subsection (1) does not apply if the child is a surviving civil partner F1or a widower or a widow .
4
Nothing in this section affects any need to obtain the consent of the High Court before a ward of court and another person may register as civil partners of each other.
5
In this Part “child”, except where used to express a relationship, means a person who is under 18.