{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/divorce-dissolution-and-separation-act-2020/schedule/paragraph-54",
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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/54",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "54",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Schedule 7 to the Family Law Act 1996 (transfer of certain tenancies on divorce etc or on separation of cohabitants) is amended as follows.\n(2) In paragraph 2(2), for paragraph (a) substitute—\n“(a) on making a divorce, nullity of marriage or judicial separation order or at any time after making such an order (whether, in the case of a divorce or nullity of marriage order, before or after the order is made final), or”.\n(3) In paragraph 12(a)—\n(a) for “decree of divorce or nullity has been granted,” substitute “ divorce or nullity of marriage order has been made, ”;\n(b) for “decree is made absolute” substitute “ order is made final ”.\n(4) In paragraph 13(1), for “grant of a decree” substitute “ making of an order ” and for “grant of that decree,” substitute “ making of that order, ”.\n(5) After paragraph 13 insert—\n“Inclusion of references to decrees in references to orders\n13A In paragraphs 2 to 13—\n(a) a reference to a divorce order includes a decree of divorce;\n(b) a reference to a nullity of marriage order includes a decree of nullity of marriage;\n(c) a reference to a judicial separation order includes a decree of judicial separation;\n(d) a reference to making includes granting;\n(e) a reference to an order being made final includes a decree being made absolute.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. para. 54 in force at 6.4.2022 by S.I. 2022/283, reg. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/11/schedule/paragraph/54",
    "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."
}