{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/matrimonial-causes-act-1973/section-21A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/matrimonial-causes-act-1973/section-21A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1973/18",
  "legislation_title": "Matrimonial Causes Act 1973",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/matrimonial-causes-act-1973",
  "path": "section/21A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "21A",
  "heading": "Pension sharing orders.",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of this Act, a pension sharing order is an order which—\n(a) provides that one party’s—\n(i) shareable rights under a specified pension arrangement, or\n(ii) shareable state scheme rights,\nbe subject to pension sharing for the benefit of the other party, and\n(b) specifies the percentage value to be transferred.\n(2) In subsection (1) above—\n(a) the reference to shareable rights under a pension arrangement is to rights in relation to which pension sharing is available under Chapter I of Part IV of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999, or under corresponding Northern Ireland legislation,\n(b) the reference to shareable state scheme rights is to rights in relation to which pension sharing is available under Chapter II of Part IV of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999, or under corresponding Northern Ireland legislation, and\n(c) “ party ” means a party to a marriage.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 21A and sidenote inserted (11.11.1999 for specified purposes and 1.12.2000 otherwise) by 1999 c. 30, s. 19, Sch. 3 para. 2; S.I. 2000/1116, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 21A modified (8.8.2006) by The Divorce etc. (Pension Protection Fund) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/1932), reg. 4(2)(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/18/section/21A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:47:46.859204+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."
}