Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 28 S Consequential amendments: Scotland

Part 2 S Amendments of the Family Law (Scotland) Act 1985 (c. 37)

23 (1) Amend section 17 (financial provision on declarator of nullity of marriage) as follows. S

(2) In subsection (1)—

(a) after first “marriage” insert “ or of a civil partnership ”,

(b) after first “divorce” insert “ or for dissolution of a civil partnership ”,

(c) after second “marriage” insert “ and “action for dissolution of a civil partnership” includes an action for declarator of nullity of a civil partnership ”, and

(d) for “and “divorce”” substitute “ , “divorce” and “dissolution of a civil partnership” ”.

(3) In subsection (2)—

(a) after first “marriage” insert “ or of nullity of a civil partnership ”, and

(b) at the end insert “ or civil partnership ”.