Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 29 N.I. Minor and consequential amendments: Northern Ireland

Matrimonial and Family Proceedings (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/677 (N.I. 4)) N.I.

79 (1) Amend Article 16 (applications for financial relief after overseas divorce etc.) as follows. N.I.

(2) In paragraph (2) (no application may be made after remarriage), for “remarries” substitute “ forms a subsequent marriage or civil partnership, ”.

(3) For paragraph (3) substitute—

“(3) The reference in paragraph (2) to the forming of a subsequent marriage or civil partnership includes a reference to the forming of a marriage or civil partnership which is by law void or voidable.”