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28.Financial provision where cohabitation ends otherwise than by death
29.Application to court by survivor for provision on intestacy
29A.Extension of time limits for applications under sections 28 and 29: cross-border mediation
30.Administration of Justice Act 1982: extension of definition of “relative”
Amendment of Protection from Abuse (Scotland) Act 2001: powers of arrest
Declarator of freedom and putting to silence: action no longer competent
Amendments of the Civil Partnership Act 2004
1.The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33) shall be amended...
2.In section 86 (eligibility to register in Scotland as civil...
3.In section 101 (right of civil partner without title to...
4.In subsection (1) of section 103 (regulation by court of...
5.In section 106 (continued exercise of occupancy rights after dealing)—...
6.In section 107 (dispensation with civil partner's consent to dealing)—...
7.After section 111 there shall be inserted— Effect of court...
8.In section 113 (civil partnerships: competency of interdict)—
9.In subsection (3) of section 117 (dissolution of civil partnerships)—...
10.In section 123 (nullity) (which shall become subsection (1) of...
11.After section 124 there shall be inserted— Special destinations: revocation...
12.Section 135 (interpretation of Part 3) shall become subsection (1)...
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