SCHEDULES
C1 SCHEDULE 15Financial relief in the High Court or a county court etc.: Northern Ireland
Part 12Consent orders and maintenance agreements
Meaning of “maintenance agreement” and “financial arrangements”
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1
In this Part “maintenance agreement” means any written agreement between the civil partners in a civil partnership which—
a
is made during the continuance or after the dissolution or annulment of the civil partnership and contains financial arrangements, or
b
is a separation agreement which contains no financial arrangements but is made in a case where no other agreement in writing between the civil partners contains financial arrangements.
2
In this Part “financial arrangements” means provisions governing the rights and liabilities towards one another when living separately of the civil partners in a civil partnership (including a civil partnership which has been dissolved or annulled) in respect of—
a
the making or securing of payments, or
b
the disposition or use of any property,
including such rights and liabilities with respect to the maintenance or education of a child (whether or not a child of the family).
3
“Education” includes training.
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)