{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-act-2004/schedule-27/paragraph-161",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-act-2004/schedule-27/paragraph-161.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2004/33",
  "legislation_title": "Civil Partnership Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-act-2004",
  "path": "schedule/27/paragraph/161",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "161",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Amend section 48 (activation of benefit sharing) as follows.\n(2) After subsection (1)(a) insert—\n“(aa) a pension sharing order under Schedule 5 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004,”.\n(3) After subsection (1)(d) insert—\n“(da) an order under Schedule 7 to the 2004 Act (financial relief in England and Wales after overseas dissolution etc. of a civil partnership) corresponding to such an order as is mentioned in paragraph (aa),”.\n(4) In subsection (1)(f)—\n(a) at the end of sub-paragraph (i) insert “ or between persons who are civil partners of each other ”, and\n(b) at the end of sub-paragraph (iii) insert “ or (as the case may be) on the grant, in relation to the civil partnership, of decree of dissolution or of declarator of nullity ”.\n(5) In subsection (1)(g), after “divorce etc.)” insert “ or under Schedule 11 to the 2004 Act (financial provision in Scotland after overseas proceedings) ”.\n(6) In subsection (1)(h) for “Northern Ireland legislation, and” substitute “ the Matrimonial Causes (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/1045 (N.I. 15)), ”.\n(7) After subsection (1)(i) insert—\n“(j) a pension sharing order under Schedule 15 to the 2004 Act, and\n(k) an order under Schedule 17 to the 2004 Act (financial relief in Northern Ireland after overseas dissolution etc. of a civil partnership) corresponding to such an order as is mentioned in paragraph (j).”\n(8) In subsection (6)(a), omit “matrimonial”.\n(9) In subsection (7)—\n(a) in paragraph (a), after “divorce” insert “ , dissolution ”, and\n(b) at the end of paragraph (b) insert “ or, where the order is under Schedule 11 to the 2004 Act, the date of disposal of the application under paragraph 2 of that Schedule ”.\n(10) In subsection (8)—\n(a) omit “matrimonial”, and\n(b) in paragraphs (a) and (b)(i), after “divorce” insert “ , dissolution ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/33/schedule/27/paragraph/161",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:16:53.191982+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}