Civil Partnership Act 2004

Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30)

159 (1) Amend section 28 (activation of pension sharing) as follows.

(2) After subsection (1)(a) insert—

“(aa) a pension sharing order under Schedule 5 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004,”.

(3) After subsection (1)(d) insert—

“(da) an order under Schedule 7 to the 2004 Act (financial relief in England and Wales after overseas dissolution etc. of a civil partnership) corresponding to such an order as is mentioned in paragraph (aa),”.

(4) In subsection (1)(f)—

(a) at the end of sub-paragraph (i) insert “or between persons who are civil partners of each other”, and

(b) at the end of sub-paragraph (iii) insert “or (as the case may be) on the grant, in relation to the civil partnership, of decree of dissolution or of declarator of nullity”.

(5) In subsection (1)(g), after “divorce etc.)” insert “or under Schedule 11 to the 2004 Act (financial provision in Scotland after overseas proceedings)”.

(6) In subsection (1)(h) for “Northern Ireland legislation, and” substitute “the Matrimonial Causes (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/1045 (N.I. 15)),”.

(7) After subsection (1)(i) insert—

“(j) a pension sharing order under Schedule 15 to the 2004 Act, and

(k) an order under Schedule 17 to the 2004 Act (financial relief in Northern Ireland after overseas dissolution etc. of a civil partnership) corresponding to such an order as is mentioned in paragraph (j).”

(8) In subsection (7)(a), omit “matrimonial”.

(9) In subsection (8)—

(a) in paragraph (a), after “divorce” insert “, dissolution”, and

(b) at the end of paragraph (b) insert “or, where the order is under Schedule 11 to the 2004 Act, the date of disposal of the application under paragraph 2 of that Schedule”.

(10) In subsection (9)—

(a) omit “matrimonial”, and

(b) in paragraphs (a) and (b)(i), after “divorce” insert “, dissolution”.