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Part 1 Financial relief

  1. Part applies where civil partnership has been dissolved etc. overseas
  2. Either civil partner may make application for financial relief
  3. No application after formation of subsequent civil partnership or marriage
  4. Leave of court required for making of application
  5. Interim orders for maintenance
  6. Paragraphs 7 and 8 apply where application made for relief under paragraph 9 or 13
  7. Jurisdiction of the court
  8. Duty of the court to consider whether Northern Ireland is appropriate venue for application
  9. Orders for financial provision, property adjustment and pension sharing , pension sharing and pension compensation sharing
  10. Matters to which court is to have regard in exercising its powers under paragraph 9
  11. Restriction of powers under paragraph 9 where jurisdiction depends on civil partnership home in Northern Ireland
  12. Consent orders under paragraph 9
  13. Orders for transfers of tenancies of dwelling-houses
  14. Application to orders under paragraphs 5 and 9 of provisions of Schedule 15
  15. Avoidance of transactions designed to defeat claims under paragraphs 5 and 9
  16. 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)