Civil Registration Act 2004
F354[THIRD SCHEDULE
Prohibited Degrees of Relationship
A person may not enter a civil partnership with someone within the prohibited degrees of relationship, as set out in the table below. Relationships within that table should be construed as including relationships in the half-blood (e.g. sibling includes a sibling where there is only one parent in common, etc.), and all the relationships include relationships and former relationships by adoption.
A man may not enter a civil partnership with his: |
A woman may not enter a civil partnership with her: |
Grandfather |
Grandmother |
Grandparent’s brother |
Grandparent’s sister |
Father |
Mother |
Father’s brother |
Mother’s sister |
Mother’s brother |
Father’s sister |
Brother |
Sister |
Nephew |
Niece |
Son |
Daughter |
Grandson |
Granddaughter |
Grandnephew |
Grandniece] |
Annotations
Amendments:
F354
Substituted (1.01.2011) by Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 (24/2010), s. 26, S.I. 648 of 2010.