SCHEDULES
C1SCHEDULE 17Financial relief in Northern Ireland after overseas dissolution etc. of a civil partnership
Part 1Financial relief
Orders for financial provision, property adjustment and pension sharing
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1
Sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) apply where one of the civil partners has made an application for an order under this paragraph.
2
If the civil partnership has been dissolved or annulled, the court may on the application make any one or more of the orders which it could make under Part 1, 2 , 3 or 3A of Schedule 15 (financial provision, property adjustment , pension sharing and pension compensation sharing) if a dissolution order or nullity order had been made in respect of the civil partnership under Chapter 2 of Part 4 of this Act.
3
If the civil partners have been legally separated, the court may on the application make any one or more of the orders which it could make under Part 1 or 2 of Schedule 15 (financial provision and property adjustment) if a separation order had been made in respect of the civil partners under Chapter 2 of Part 4 of this Act.
4
The powers under sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) are subject to paragraph 11.
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)