# The Magistrates' Courts (Miscellaneous Amendments) Rules 2005, Paragraph 2: Magistrates' Courts (Guardianship of Minors) Rules 1974


In rule 5—
(a) in the title, after marriage insert “or formation of civil partnership”;
(b) after paragraph 1 insert—
“(1A) An application for the consent of the court to the formation of a civil partnership by a child under paragraph 3, 4 or 10 of Schedule 2 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (obtaining consent etc.) may be made, either orally or in writing, to a justice of the peace.”;
(c) in paragraph (2)—
(i) after “paragraph (1)” insert “or (1A)”; and
(ii) after “marriage” insert “or to the civil partnership, as the case may be”; and
(d) in paragraph (4), after “paragraph (1)” insert “or (1A)”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2930/schedule/1/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-miscellaneous-amendments-rules-2005/schedule-1/paragraph-2
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