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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1E+WProhibited degrees of relationship: England and Wales

Part 2E+WSpecial provisions relating to qualified prohibitions

Provisions relating to paragraph 2E+W

7(1)Either of the proposed civil partners may apply to the High Court [F1or the family court] for a declaration that, given that—E+W

(a)both of them have reached 21, and

(b)the younger of those persons has not at any time before reaching 18 been a child of the family in relation to the other,

there is no impediment of affinity to the formation of the civil partnership.

(2)Such an application may be made whether or not any statement has been received by the registration authority under paragraph 6.

Textual Amendments

F1Words in Sch. 1 para. 7 inserted (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 11 para. 167(3); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(e) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)