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Section 4: Parental etc. consent where proposed civil partner under 18

Civil Partnership Act 2004 · 2004 c. 33View on legislation.gov.uk

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Part 2: Civil partnership: England and Wales — Chapter 1: Registration

OMITTED FROM CURRENT TEXT on 2023-02-27 by Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Act 2022.

The text below is the provision as originally enacted. It is historical and may not include amendments made before this status change. View the enacted source.

The consent of the appropriate persons is required before a child and another person may register as civil partners of each other.

Part 1 of Schedule 2 contains provisions for determining who are the appropriate persons for the purposes of this section.

The requirement of consent under subsection (1) does not apply if the child is a surviving civil partner.

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.

In this Part “child”, except where used to express a relationship, means a person who is under 18.

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