SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 4Amendments of sections 25B to 25D of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973

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Section 25C of that Act is amended as follows.

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In subsection (1), for “scheme” there is substituted “arrangement”.

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In subsection (2)—

a

in paragraph (a)—

i

for the words from “trustees” to “have” there is substituted “person responsible for the pension arrangement in question has”, and

ii

for “them” there is substituted “him”, and

b

in paragraph (c), for “trustees or managers of the pension scheme” there is substituted “person responsible for the pension arrangement”.

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In subsection (3)—

a

for “trustees or managers” there is substituted “person responsible for the arrangement”, and

b

for “the trustees, or managers,” there is substituted “his”.

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At the end there is inserted—

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The powers conferred by this section may not be exercised in relation to a pension arrangement which—

a

is the subject of a pension sharing order in relation to the marriage, or

b

has been the subject of pension sharing between the parties to the marriage.