Rule 13 Amendments to the 1991 Rules

in the heading, after “decree” insert “or civil partnership order”;

in the rule after “decree”, wherever it appears, insert “or civil partnership order”;

in paragraph (2), for “none of the other facts mentioned in section 1(2) of the Act of 1973” substitute “no other relevant fact”; and

after paragraph (2) insert—

“(3)

In this rule a relevant fact is—

(a)

in a matrimonial cause, one of the facts mentioned in section 1(2) of the Act of 1973, and

(b)

in a civil partnership cause, one of the facts mentioned in section 44(5) of the Act of 2004.”.