Commentary on Sections Schedule 10 – Forbidden degrees of relationship: Scotland
674.Paragraph 1 of Schedule 10 lists the relationships connecting people that absolutely forbid the registration of a civil partnership between them. Paragraphs 2 and 3 list the relationships connecting people that forbid the registration of a civil partnership between them, unless the requirements specified in section 86 are met.
675.The prohibitions in Schedule 10 closely follow those that are set out in the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977.