SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 29Minor and consequential amendments: Northern Ireland

Domestic Proceedings (Northern Ireland) Order 1980 (S.I. 1980/563 (N.I. 5))

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In Article 6 (duration of orders for financial provision for a party to a marriage), in paragraph (2)—

a

after “remarriage of” insert “ , or formation of a civil partnership by, ”, and

b

after “the remarriage” insert “ or formation of the civil partnership ”.

40

1

Amend Article 40 (orders for repayment in certain cases of sums paid after cessation of order by reason of remarriage) as follows.

2

In paragraph (1)—

a

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

b

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

3

In paragraph (8)—

a

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

b

in the words following sub-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 Article 40, after “remarriage” add “ or formation of civil partnership ”.