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Section 285 Family relationships etc

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(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 or judicial separation being granted on the basis of two years' separation;

(d)

consenting to a dissolution order or separation order being made in relation to a civil partnership on the basis of two years' separation;

(e)

agreeing for any purposes of the Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 to the making of an adoption order;

(f)

discharging parental responsibilities in matters not relating to a child's property;

(g)

giving a consent under the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990;

(h)

giving a consent under the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008.

(2)

In subsection (1)(e) “adoption order” means—

(a)

an order under Article 12(1) of the Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987; or

(b)

any other order referred to by the definition of “adoption order” in Article 2(2) of that Order.