SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 5F1Financial relief: provision corresponding to provision made by Part 2 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F1

Sch. 5 title substituted (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 11 para. 177; S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(e) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)

Part 13Consent orders and maintenance agreements

Validity of maintenance agreements

68

If a maintenance agreement includes a provision purporting to restrict any right to apply to a court for an order containing financial arrangements—

a

that provision is void, but

b

any other financial arrangements contained in the agreement—

i

are not void or unenforceable as a result, and

ii

unless void or unenforceable for any other reason, are (subject to paragraphs 69 and 73) binding on the parties to the agreement.