{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-civil-partnership-family-proceedings-and-housing-consequential-amendments-order-2005/article-16",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2005/0110735331",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Partnership (Family Proceedings and Housing Consequential Amendments) Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-civil-partnership-family-proceedings-and-housing-consequential-amendments-order-2005",
  "path": "article/16",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Amendments to the Family Law Act 1986",
  "text": "(1) Amend section 23 (duration and variation of custody orders) as follows.\n(2) In subsection (3)—\n(a) after “matrimonial proceedings” insert “or civil partnership proceedings”; and\n(b) after “marriage” insert “or civil partnership”.\n(3) For subsections (3A) and (3B) substitute—\n“(3A) Subsection (3) shall not apply if—\n(a) the Part 1 order was made in or in connection with proceedings—\n(i) for divorce or nullity in Northern Ireland in respect of the marriage of the parents of the child concerned; or\n(ii) for dissolution or annulment in Northern Ireland in respect of the civil partnership of the parents of the child concerned; and\n(b) those proceedings are continuing.\n(3B) Subsection (3) shall not apply if—\n(a) the Part 1 order was made in or in connection with proceedings—\n(i) for judicial separation in Northern Ireland; or\n(ii) for a separation order in Northern Ireland; and\n(b) those proceedings are continuing; and\n(c) as the case may be, the decree of judicial separation has not yet been granted or the separation order has not yet been made.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1986 c.55, as amended by the Children Act 1989 s. 108(5) Schedule 13, the Children (NI) Order 1995 S.I. 1995/755 and S.I. 2005/265."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2005/0110735331/article/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:21:54.847489+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."
}