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285.—(1) Nothing in this Act permits a decision on any of the following matters to be made on behalf of a person—
(a)consenting to marriage or a civil partnership;
(b)consenting to have sexual relations;
(c)consenting to a decree of divorce or judicial separation being granted on the basis of two years' separation;
(d)consenting to a dissolution order or separation order being made in relation to a civil partnership on the basis of two years' separation;
(e)agreeing for any purposes of the Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 to the making of an adoption order;
(f)discharging parental responsibilities in matters not relating to a child’s property;
(g)giving a consent under the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990;
(h)giving a consent under the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008.
(2) In subsection (1)(e) “adoption order” means—
(a)an order under Article 12(1) of the Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987; or
(b)any other order referred to by the definition of “adoption order” in Article 2(2) of that Order.
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