SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 9Modifications, saving and transitional

Matrimonial home rights

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1

Any reference (however expressed) in any enactment, instrument or document (whether passed or made before or after the passing of this Act) to registration under section 2(8) of the 1983 Act shall, in relation to any time after the commencement of sections 30 to 32, be construed as being or as the case requires including a reference to registration under section 31(10).

2

Any reference (however expressed) in this Act or in any other enactment, instrument or document (including any enactment amended by Schedule 8) to registration under section 31(10) shall be construed as including a reference to—

a

registration under section 2(7) of the [1967 c. 75.] Matrimonial Homes Act 1967 or section 2(8) of the 1983 Act, and

b

registration by caution duly lodged under section 2(7) of the Matrimonial Homes Act 1967 before 14th February 1983 (the date of the commencement of section 4(2) of the [1981 c. 24.] Matrimonial Homes and Property Act 1981).