{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-act-2004/schedule-1/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-act-2004/schedule-1/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2004/33",
  "legislation_title": "Civil Partnership Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-act-2004",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Two people are within prohibited degrees of relationship if one falls within column 1 of the table below in relation to the other, unless—\n(a) both of them have reached 21 at the time when they register as civil partners of each other, and\n(b) the persons who fall within column 2 are dead.\nRelationship\nRelevant deaths\nFormer civil partner of child\nThe child\nThe child’s other parent\nFormer spouse of child\nThe child\nThe child’s other parent\nParent of former civil partner\nThe former civil partner\nThe former civil partner’s other parent\nParent of former spouse\nThe former spouse\nThe former spouse’s other parent",
  "extent": null,
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/33/schedule/1/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:16:53.191982+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}