Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010
New Third Schedule to Act of 2004.
26.— The Act of 2004 is amended by inserting the following Schedule after the Second Schedule:
“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.
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A man may not enter a civil partnership with his: |
A woman may not enter a civil partnership with her: |
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Grandfather |
Grandmother |
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Grandparent’s brother |
Grandparent’s sister |
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Father |
Mother |
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Father’s brother |
Mother’s sister |
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Mother’s brother |
Father’s sister |
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Brother |
Sister |
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Nephew |
Niece |
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Son |
Daughter |
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Grandson |
Granddaughter |
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Grandnephew |
Grandniece |
”.