SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 27Minor and consequential amendments: general

Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates' Courts Act 1978 (c. 22)

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1

Amend section 35 (orders for repayment in certain cases of sums paid after cessation of order by reason of remarriage) as follows.

2

In subsection (1)—

a

in paragraph (a), after “remarriage of” insert “ , or formation of a civil partnership by, ”, and

b

in paragraph (b), after “that remarriage” insert “ or the formation of that civil partnership ”.

3

In subsection (7)—

a

in paragraph (a), after “remarriage of” insert “ , or formation of a civil partnership by, ”, and

b

in the words following paragraph (b)—

i

after “the remarriage” insert “ or the formation of that civil partnership ”, and

ii

after “had remarried” insert “ or formed a civil partnership ”.

4

In the heading to section 35, after “remarriage” insert “ or formation of civil partnership ”.