Supplemental

22 Expenses of action.

The expenses incurred by a F1person in pursuing or defending—

F2a

an action for aliment brought—

i

by either party to a marriage, or

ii

by either party in a civil partnership,

on his own behalf against the other party or partner,

b

an action for divorce, separation F3(whether of the parties to a marriage or the civil partners in a civil partnership), declarator of marriage or declarator of nullity of marriage;

F4bb

an action for dissolution of a civil partnership, declarator that a civil partnership exists or declarator of nullity of a civil partnership,

c

an application made after the commencement of this Act for variation or recall of a decree of aliment or an order for financial provision in an action brought before or after the commencement of this Act,

shall not be regarded as necessaries for which the other party to the marriage F5or the other partner in the civil partnership is liable.