Civil Partnership Act 2004, Cross Heading: Circumstances in which interim orders may be made is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 01 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
20(1)This paragraph applies if an application has been made for an order under Part 1, 2 or 3.N.I.
(2)The court may make an interim order—
(a)at any time before making a final order on, or dismissing, the application, or
(b)on refusing (under paragraph 8) to make an order on the application.
(3)The High Court may make an interim order on ordering the application to be reheard by a court (after the refusal of an order under paragraph 8).
(4)The county court may make an interim order on an appeal from the order made by the court on the application at any time before making a final order on, or dismissing, an appeal made by virtue of paragraph 46.
(5)Not more than one interim order may be made with respect to an application for an order under Part 1, 2 or 3.
(6)Sub-paragraph (5) does not affect the power of a court to make an interim order on a further application under Part 1, 2 or 3.
All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 except where otherwise stated. This site additionally contains content derived from EUR-Lex, reused under the terms of the Commission Decision 2011/833/EU on the reuse of documents from the EU institutions. For more information see the EUR-Lex public statement on re-use.
