SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 5F1Financial relief: provision corresponding to provision made by Part 2 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973
Part 13Consent orders and maintenance agreements
Meaning of “maintenance agreement” and “financial arrangements”
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1
In this Part “maintenance agreement” means any agreement in writing between the civil partners in a civil partnership which—
a
is made during the continuance or after the dissolution or annulment of the civil partnership and contains financial arrangements, or
b
is a separation agreement which contains no financial arrangements but is made in a case where no other agreement in writing between the civil partners contains financial arrangements.
2
In this Part “financial arrangements” means provisions governing the rights and liabilities towards one another when living separately of the civil partners in a civil partnership (including a civil partnership which has been dissolved or annulled) in respect of—
a
the making or securing of payments, or
b
the disposition or use of any property,
including such rights and liabilities with respect to the maintenance or education of a child (whether or not a child of the family).
3
“Education” includes training.
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)