SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 15Financial relief in the High Court or a county court etc.: Northern Ireland

Part 12Consent orders and maintenance agreements

Validity of maintenance agreements

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If a maintenance agreement includes a provision purporting to restrict any right to apply to a court for an order containing financial arrangements—

(a)

that provision is void, but

(b)

any other financial arrangements contained in the agreement—

(i)

are not void or unenforceable as a result, and

(ii)

unless void or unenforceable for any other reason, are (subject to paragraphs 62 and 66) binding on the parties to the agreement.