SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 6F1Financial relief: provision corresponding to provision made by the Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates' Courts Act 1978

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F1

Sch. 6 title substituted (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 11 para. 200; S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(e) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)

Part 3Orders of court where civil partners living apart by agreement

Relationship with powers under Part 1

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1

Sub-paragraph (2) applies if on an application under this Part the court considers that the orders which it has the power to make under this Part—

a

would not provide reasonable maintenance for the applicant, or

b

if the application relates to a child of the family, would not provide, or make a proper contribution towards, reasonable maintenance for that child.

2

The court—

a

must refuse to make an order under this Part, but

b

may treat the application as if it were an application for an order under Part 1.