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2. In rule 5—
(a)in the title, after marriage insert “or formation of civil partnership”;
(b)after paragraph 1 insert—
“(1A) An application for the consent of the court to the formation of a civil partnership by a child under paragraph 3, 4 or 10 of Schedule 2 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (obtaining consent etc.) may be made, either orally or in writing, to a justice of the peace.”;
(c)in paragraph (2)—
(i)after “paragraph (1)” insert “or (1A)”; and
(ii)after “marriage” insert “or to the civil partnership, as the case may be”; and
(d)in paragraph (4), after “paragraph (1)” insert “or (1A)”.
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