PART 14MISCELLANEOUS
Matters excluded from Act
285Family relationships etc
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.
286Voting rights
1
Nothing in this Act permits a decision on voting at an election for any public office, or at a referendum, to be made on behalf of a person.
2
In this section “referendum” means a referendum or other poll held, in pursuance of any statutory provision, on one or more questions or propositions specified in or in accordance with any such provision.