{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/divorce-dissolution-and-separation-act-2020/schedule/paragraph-15",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2020/11",
  "legislation_title": "Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/divorce-dissolution-and-separation-act-2020",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/15",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Section 16 (effect of decree of nullity in case of voidable marriage) is amended as follows.\n(2) In the heading, for “decree of nullity” substitute “ annulment ”.\n(3) The existing text becomes subsection (1).\n(4) In subsection (1)—\n(a) for the words from the beginning to “1971” substitute “ A nullity of marriage order granted ”;\n(b) for “decree has been made absolute,” substitute “ order has been made final, ”;\n(c) for “notwithstanding the decree,” substitute “ notwithstanding the order, ”.\n(5) After subsection (1) insert—\n“(2) Subsection (1) has effect in relation to a decree of nullity granted after 31 July 1971 as it has effect in relation to a nullity of marriage order, but with the substitution—\n(a) for “order has been made final,” of “decree has been made absolute,” and\n(b) for “notwithstanding the order,” of “notwithstanding the decree,”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. para. 15 in force at 6.4.2022 by S.I. 2022/283, reg. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/11/schedule/paragraph/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:01:49.016172+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."
}