{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-law-act-1996/schedule-7/paragraph-13A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-law-act-1996/schedule-7/paragraph-13A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/27",
  "legislation_title": "Family Law Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-law-act-1996",
  "path": "schedule/7/paragraph/13A",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "13A",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "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": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 7 para. 13A and cross-heading inserted (6.4.2022) by Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020 (c. 11), s. 8(1)(8), Sch. para. 54(5); S.I. 2022/283, reg. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/27/schedule/7/paragraph/13A",
    "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."
}