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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-civil-partnership-staying-of-proceedings-rules-2005/article-6",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/2921",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Proceedings (Civil Partnership: Staying of Proceedings) Rules 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-civil-partnership-staying-of-proceedings-rules-2005",
  "path": "article/6",
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  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Supplementary",
  "text": "(1) Rules 7 and 8 apply where proceedings for a dissolution, separation or nullity order are stayed by reference to proceedings in a related jurisdiction for the dissolution or annulment of a civil partnership, or the legal separation of civil partners.\n(2) But paragraph (1) is subject to rule 9.\n(3) In this rule and in rules 7 to 9—\n(a) “lump sum order” means—\n(i) an order made under paragraph 1 of Schedule 5 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 of a kind mentioned in paragraph 2(1)(f)(lump sum for child) of that Schedule, or\n(ii) an order made under Schedule 1 to the Children Act 1989 of a kind mentioned in paragraph 1(2)(c)(lump sum for child) of that Schedule, if made in equivalent circumstances to an order of the kind mentioned in sub-paragraph (a)(i);\n(b) “the other proceedings”, in relation to any stayed proceedings, means the proceedings in the other jurisdiction by reference to which the stay was imposed;\n(c) “relevant order” means—\n(i) an order under Part 8 of Schedule 5 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (maintenance pending outcome of dissolution, nullity or separation proceedings),\n(ii) an order made under paragraph 1 of Schedule 5 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 of a kind mentioned in paragraph 2(1)(d) or (e)(periodical payments for child) of that Schedule,\n(iii) an order made under Schedule 1 to the Children Act 1989 of a kind mentioned in paragraph 1(2)(a) or (b) (periodical payments for child) of that Schedule, if made in equivalent circumstances to an order of a kind mentioned in sub-paragraph (c)(ii),\n(iv) an order under section 8 of the Children Act 1989, or\n(v) except for the purposes of rule 8, any order restraining a person from removing a child out of England and Wales or out of the care of another person; and\n(d) “stayed” means stayed in pursuance of these Rules.\n(4) Nothing in rules 7 to 9 affects any power of the court—\n(a) to vary or discharge a relevant order which remains in force,\n(b) to enforce a relevant order in relation to any period when it is or was in force, or\n(c) to make a relevant order or a lump sum order in connection with proceedings which were, but are no longer, stayed.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1989 c. 41."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2921/article/6",
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  "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."
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