329 Debts to spouse.E+W
(1)This section applies to bankruptcy debts owed in respect of credit provided by a person who (whether or not the bankrupt’s spouse [F1or civil partner] at the time the credit was provided) was the bankrupt’s spouse [F1or civil partner] at the commencement of the bankruptcy.
(2)Such debts—
(a)rank in priority after the debts and interest required to be paid in pursuance of section 328(3) and (4), and
(b)are payable with interest at the rate specified in section 328(5) in respect of the period during which they have been outstanding since the commencement of the bankruptcy;
and the interest payable under paragraph (b) has the same priority as the debts on which it is payable.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 329(1) inserted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), ss. 261(1), 263, Sch. 27 para. 116; S.I. 2005/3175, art. 2(2) (subject to art. 2(3)-(5))
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 329 applied (with modifications) by S.I. 1986/1999, art. 3, Sch. 1 Pt. II