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Married Women’s Property Act 1964

1964 c. 19 · Enacted 25 March 1964 · Extends to England, Wales and Scotland

Not fully up to date. 4 changes made by later legislation have not yet been written into this text, which is revised to 1 February 1991.

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ProvisionChangeMade by
ActAct renamedEquality Act 2010 s. 200(2)
s. 1words substitutedEquality Act 2010 s. 200(1)(a)(3)
s. 1word substitutedEquality Act 2010 s. 200(1)(b)(3)
s. 1extended by 2004 c. 33 s. 70A (as inserted)Equality Act 2010 s. 201

An Act to amend the law relating to rights of property as between husband and wife.

[25th March 1964]C1C2

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Modifications

C1

Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3

C2

Act repealed (S.) by Family Law (Scotland) Act 1985 (c. 37, SIF 49:3), ss. 28(2), 29(4), Sch. 2

Contents

  1. 1Money and property derived from housekeeping allowance.
  2. 2Short title and extent.

1Money and property derived from housekeeping allowance.

If any question arises as to the right of a husband or wife to money derived from any allowance made by the husband for the expenses of the matrimonial home or for similar purposes, or to any property acquired out of such money, the money or property shall, in the absence of any agreement between them to the contrary, be treated as belonging to the husband and the wife in equal shares.

2Short title and extent.

(1)

This Act may be cited as the Married Women’s Property Act 1964.

(2)

This Act does not extend to Northern Ireland.