Paragraph 26

(1)

In section 22 (expenses of action)—

(a)

for “party to a marriage” substitute “ person ”,

(b)

for paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a)
an action for aliment brought—
(i)
by either party to a marriage, or
(ii)
by either party in a civil partnership,
on his own behalf against the other party or partner,”,

(c)

in paragraph (b), after “separation” insert “ (whether of the parties to a marriage or the civil partners in a civil partnership) ”,

(d)

after paragraph (b) insert—

“(bb)
an action for dissolution of a civil partnership, declarator that a civil partnership exists or declarator of nullity of a civil partnership,”, and

(e)

after fifth “marriage” insert “ or the other partner in the civil partnership ”.