SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 29Minor and consequential amendments: Northern Ireland
Matrimonial Causes (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/1045 (N.I. 15))
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1
Insert after Article 2(4)—
4A
References in this Order to the formation of a civil partnership by a person include references to a civil partnership which is by law void or voidable.
29
In Article 13 (grounds on which marriage is void), at the end of paragraph (1)(d) insert “
or a civil partner
”
.
30
1
Amend Article 17 (marriages governed by foreign law or celebrated abroad under certain enactments or common law) as follows.
2
In paragraph (1), at the beginning insert “
Subject to paragraph (3)
”
.
3
After paragraph (2) insert—
3
No marriage is to be treated as valid by virtue of paragraph (1) if, at the time when it purports to have been celebrated, either party was already a civil partner.
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1
Amend Article 30 (duration of continuing financial provision orders in favour of party to marriage, and effect of remarriage) as follows.
2
In paragraph (1)(a) and (b) after “remarriage of” insert “
, or formation of a civil partnership by,
”
.
3
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
”
.
4
In paragraph (3), after “remarries whether at any time before or after the commencement of this Article”, insert “
or forms a civil partnership
”
.
5
In the heading to Article 30, after “remarriage” insert “
or formation of civil partnership
”
.
32
In Article 37 (alteration of agreements by court during lives of parties), in paragraph (4)(a) and (b), after “remarriage of” insert “
, or formation of a civil partnership by,
”
.
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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 “remarriage” insert “
or formation of the civil partnership
”
.
3
In paragraph (6)—
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), after “had remarried” insert “
or formed a civil partnership
”
.
4
In the heading to Article 40, after “remarriage” insert “
or formation of civil partnership
”
.