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Civil Partnership Act 2004

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

22.This section sets out the provisions requiring consent where a person wishing to form a civil partnership is under 18 years of age. Part 1 of Schedule 2 identifies the appropriate person or persons who may give consent. Subsection (3) provides an exception to the requirement of consent where a civil partner has been bereaved and wishes to form a subsequent civil partnership before he or she is 18. For the purposes of Part 2 of the Act, subsection (5) defines “child” as a person who is under 18 (except where the term is used to express a relationship).

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