143. Amendment of Civil Registration Act 2004
The Civil Registration Act 2004 is amended -
(a) in section 2(2), by substituting the following for paragraph (d):
"(d) one of the parties to the proposed marriage lacks, or both of the parties to the proposed marriage lack, the capacity (within the meaning of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015) to consent to the marriage,",
(b) [deleted]
(c) in section 58 -
(i) in subsection (9)(a), by substituting "Subject to subsection (12), a party" for "A party", and
(ii) by substituting the following for subsection (11):
"(11) An objection on the ground that one of the parties to the proposed marriage lacks, or both of the parties to the proposed marriage lack, the capacity to consent to the marriage shall be accompanied by -
(a) a copy of a declaration by the Circuit Court under section 37(1) of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 that one of the parties to the proposed marriage lacks, or both of the parties to the proposed marriage lack, the capacity to make a decision to consent to being married,