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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-jurisdiction-and-judgments-family-amendment-etc-eu-exit-regulations-2019/schedule/paragraph-21",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2019/9780111176610",
  "legislation_title": "The Jurisdiction and Judgments (Family) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-jurisdiction-and-judgments-family-amendment-etc-eu-exit-regulations-2019",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/21",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984",
  "text": "(1) The Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 is amended as follows.\n(2) In section 15 (jurisdiction of the court)—\n(a) omit “Subject to subsections (1A) and (2) below,”;\n(b) omit subsection (1A);\n(c) omit subsection (3).\n(3) In section 16 (duty of the court to consider whether England and Wales is appropriate venue for application)—\n(a) in subsection (1), omit “Subject to subsection (3),”;\n(b) omit subsection (3);\n(c) omit subsection (4).\n(4) In section 28 (circumstances in which a Scottish court may entertain application for financial provision)—\n(a) in subsection (1), omit “, subject to subsections (3A) and (4) below,”;\n(b) omit subsection (3A);\n(c) omit subsection (5).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1984 c. 42, as amended by S.I. 2011/1484; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2019/9780111176610/schedule/paragraph/21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:02:44.283707+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."
}