Paragraph 23

(1)

Amend section 17 (financial provision on declarator of nullity of marriage) as follows.

(2)

In subsection (1)—

(a)

after first “marriage” insert “ or of a civil partnership ”,

(b)

after first “divorce” insert “ or for dissolution of a civil partnership ”,

(c)

after second “marriage” insert “ and “action for dissolution of a civil partnership” includes an action for declarator of nullity of a civil partnership ”, and

(d)

for “and “divorce”” substitute “ , “divorce” and “dissolution of a civil partnership” ”.

(3)

In subsection (2)—

(a)

after first “marriage” insert “ or of nullity of a civil partnership ”, and

(b)

at the end insert “ or civil partnership ”.