SCHEDULES
C1SCHEDULE 17Financial relief in Northern Ireland after overseas dissolution etc. of a civil partnership
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Part 1Financial relief
Leave of court required for making of application
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1
No application for an order under paragraph 9 or 13 shall be made unless the leave of the court has been obtained in accordance with rules of court.
2
The court shall not grant leave under this paragraph unless it considers that there is substantial ground for the making of an application for such an order.
3
The court may grant leave under this paragraph notwithstanding that an order has been made by a court in a country outside Northern Ireland requiring the other civil partner to make any payment, or transfer any property, to the applicant or to a child of the family.
4
Leave under this paragraph may be granted subject to such conditions as the court thinks fit.
Sch. 17: 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)