Part 1 Financial relief
- Part applies where civil partnership has been dissolved etc. overseas
- Either civil partner may make application for financial relief
- No application after formation of subsequent civil partnership or marriage
- Leave of court required for making of application
- Interim orders for maintenance
- Paragraphs 7 and 8 apply where application made for relief under paragraph 9 or 13
- Jurisdiction of the court
- Duty of the court to consider whether Northern Ireland is appropriate venue for application
- Orders for financial provision, property adjustment and pension sharing , pension sharing and pension compensation sharing
- Matters to which court is to have regard in exercising its powers under paragraph 9
- Restriction of powers under paragraph 9 where jurisdiction depends on civil partnership home in Northern Ireland
- Consent orders under paragraph 9
- Orders for transfers of tenancies of dwelling-houses
- Application to orders under paragraphs 5 and 9 of provisions of Schedule 15
- Avoidance of transactions designed to defeat claims under paragraphs 5 and 9
- Presumptions for the purposes of paragraph 15
Notes on Schedule 17
Modifications
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Sch. 17: functions transferred (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 15(1), Sch. 17 para. 21(b) (with arts. 15(6), 28-31)