{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-law-act-1996/schedule-7/paragraph-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-law-act-1996/schedule-7/paragraph-12.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/27",
  "legislation_title": "Family Law Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-law-act-1996",
  "path": "schedule/7/paragraph/12",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The date specified in a Part II order as the date on which the order is to take effect must not be earlier than—\n(a) in the case of a marriage in respect of which a divorce or nullity of marriage order has been made, the date on which the order is made final;\n(b) in the case of a civil partnership in respect of which a dissolution or nullity order has been made, the date on which the order is made final.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 7 para. 12 substituted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), ss. 82, 263, Sch. 9 para. 16(17); S.I. 2005/3175, art. 2(1), Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 7 para. 12(a) substituted (6.4.2022) by Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020 (c. 11), s. 8(1)(8), Sch. para. 54(3)(a); S.I. 2022/283, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 7 para. 12(a) substituted (6.4.2022) by Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020 (c. 11), s. 8(1)(8), Sch. para. 54(3)(b); S.I. 2022/283, reg. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/27/schedule/7/paragraph/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:31:06.048320+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."
}