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26(1)In section 22 (expenses of action)—
(a)for “party to a marriage” substitute “person”,
(b)for paragraph (a) substitute—
“(a)an action for aliment brought—
(i)by either party to a marriage, or
(ii)by either party in a civil partnership,
on his own behalf against the other party or partner,”,
(c)in paragraph (b), after “separation” insert “(whether of the parties to a marriage or the civil partners in a civil partnership)”,
(d)after paragraph (b) insert—
“(bb)an action for dissolution of a civil partnership, declarator that a civil partnership exists or declarator of nullity of a civil partnership,”, and
(e)after fifth “marriage” insert “or the other partner in the civil partnership”.