SCHEDULES
C1 SCHEDULE 15Financial relief in the High Court or a county court etc.: Northern Ireland
Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
Part 5Making of Part 1 orders having regard to pension benefits
Pension benefits to be included in matters to which court is to have regard
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1
The matters to which the court is to have regard under paragraph 16(2)(a) include any pension benefits under a pension arrangement or by way of pension which a civil partner has or is likely to have; and, accordingly, in relation to any pension benefits paragraph 16(2)(a)(ii) has effect as if “in the foreseeable future” were omitted.
2
The matters to which the court is to have regard under paragraph 16(2)(h) include any pension benefits which, because of the making of a dissolution or nullity order, a civil partner will lose the chance of acquiring.
3
“Pension benefits” means—
a
benefits under a pension arrangement, or
b
benefits by way of pension (whether under a pension arrangement or not).
Sch. 15: functions transferred (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 15(1), Sch. 17 para. 21(b) (with arts. 15(6), 28-31)