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).