SCHEDULE 5Financial relief: provision corresponding to provision made by Part 2 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973
Part 13Consent orders and maintenance agreements
Consent orders for financial relief
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(1)
Regardless of anything in the preceding provisions of this Schedule, on an application for a consent order for financial relief, the court may, unless it has reason to think that there are other circumstances into which it ought to inquire, make an order in the terms agreed on the basis only of such information supplied with the application as is required by rules of court.
(2)
Sub-paragraph (1) applies to an application for a consent order varying or discharging an order for financial relief as it applies to an application for an order for financial relief.
(3)
In this paragraph—
“consent order”, in relation to an application for an order, means an order in the terms applied for to which the respondent agrees;
“order for financial relief” means an order under any of Parts 1, 2, 3, 4 and 9.