Part 1Persons who lack capacity
Excluded decisions
27Family 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 being granted on the basis of two years' separation,
(d)
consenting to a dissolution order being made in relation to a civil partnership on the basis of two years' separation,
(e)
consenting to a child's being placed for adoption by an adoption agency,
(f)
consenting to the making of an adoption order,
(g)
discharging parental responsibilities in matters not relating to a child's property,
(h)
giving a consent under the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 (c. 37).
F1(i)
giving a consent under the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008.
(2)
“Adoption order” means—
(a)
an adoption order within the meaning of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (c. 38) (including a future adoption order), and
(b)
an order under section 84 of that Act (parental responsibility prior to adoption abroad).