General

E128 Amendments, repeals and savings.

1

The enactments specified in Schedule 1 to this Act shall have effect subject to the amendments set out therein.

2

The enactments specified in columns 1 and 2 of Schedule 2 to this Act are repealed to the extent specified in column 3 of that Schedule.

3

Nothing in subsection (2) above shall affect the operation of section 5 (orders for financial provision) of the M1Divorce (Scotland) Act 1976 in relation to an action for divorce brought before the commencement of this Act; but in the continued operation of that section the powers of the court—

a

to make an order for payment of periodical allowance under subsection (2) thereof; and

b

to vary such an order under subsection (4) thereof,

shall include power to make such an order for a definite or an indefinite period or until the happening of a specified event.