{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/divorce-dissolution-and-separation-act-2020/schedule/paragraph-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/divorce-dissolution-and-separation-act-2020/schedule/paragraph-9.json",
  "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/9",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In section 9 (proceedings after decree nisi: general powers of court)—\n(a) in the heading, for “after decree nisi” substitute “ before divorce order has been made final ”;\n(b) in subsection (1), in the words before paragraph (a)—\n(i) for “decree of divorce has been granted but not made absolute” substitute “ divorce order has been made but not made final ”;\n(ii) for “decree should not be made absolute” substitute “ order should not be made final ”;\n(c) in subsection (1)(a), for “section 1(5)” substitute “ section 1(4) ” and for “decree absolute” substitute “ order final ”;\n(d) in subsection (1)(b), for “decree” substitute “ order ”;\n(e) in subsection (2)—\n(i) for the words from the beginning to the second “granted,” substitute “ Where a divorce order has been made on an application by one party to a marriage and that party has not applied for the order to be made final, ”;\n(ii) for “the party against whom it was granted” substitute “ the other party to the marriage ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. para. 9 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/9",
    "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."
}