SCHEDULE 15Financial relief in the High Court or a county court etc.: Northern Ireland
Part 10Variation, discharge etc. of certain orders for financial relief
Variation etc. of property adjustment and pension sharing orders
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(1)
In relation to a pension sharing order which is made at a time before the dissolution or nullity order has been made final—
(a)
the powers conferred by this Part (by virtue of paragraph 45(1)(h)) may be exercised—
(i)
only on an application made before the pension sharing order has or, but for paragraph (b), would have taken effect, and
(ii)
only if, at the time when the application is made, the dissolution or nullity order has not been made final, and
(b)
an application made in accordance with paragraph (a) prevents the pension sharing order from taking effect before the application has been dealt with.
(2)
No variation of a pension sharing order is to be made so as to take effect before the order is made final.
(3)
The variation of a pension sharing order prevents the order taking effect before the end of such period after the making of the variation as may be prescribed by regulations made by the Lord Chancellor.
(4)
The power to make regulations under sub-paragraph (3) is exercisable by statutory rule for the purposes of the Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (S.I. 1979/1573 (N.I. 12)).
(5)
Regulations under sub-paragraph (3) are subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament in the same manner as a statutory instrument; and section 5 of the Statutory Instruments Act 1946 (c. 36) applies accordingly.