SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 27Minor and consequential amendments: general
Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (c. 18)
40
In section 11 (grounds on which marriage is void), at the end of paragraph (b) insert “
or a civil partner
”
.
41
1
Amend section 14 (marriages governed by foreign law or celebrated abroad under English law) as follows.
2
In subsection (1), at the beginning insert “
Subject to subsection (3)
”
.
3
After subsection (2) insert—
3
No marriage is to be treated as valid by virtue of subsection (1) if, at the time when it purports to have been celebrated, either party was already a civil partner.
42
In section 24A (orders for sale of property), in subsection (5), after “re-marriage of” insert “
, or formation of a civil partnership by,
”
.
43
1
Amend section 28 (duration of continuing financial provision orders in favour of party to marriage, and effect of remarriage) as follows.
2
In subsection (1)(a) and (b) after “remarriage of” insert “
, or formation of a civil partnership by,
”
.
3
In subsection (2)—
a
after “remarriage of” insert “
, or formation of a civil partnership by,
”
, and
b
after “the remarriage” insert “
or formation of the civil partnership
”
.
4
In subsection (3), after “remarries whether at any time before or after the commencement of this Act”, insert “
or forms a civil partnership
”
.
5
In the heading to section 28, after “remarriage” insert “
or formation of civil partnership
”
.
44
In section 35 (alteration of agreements by court during lives of parties), in subsection (4)(a) and (b), after “remarriage of” insert “
, or formation of a civil partnership by,
”
.
45
1
Amend section 38 (orders for repayment in certain cases of sums paid after cessation of order by reason of remarriage) as follows.
2
In subsection (1)—
a
in paragraph (a), after “remarriage of”, insert “
, or formation of a civil partnership by,
”
, and
b
in paragraph (b), after “remarriage” insert “
or formation of the civil partnership
”
.
3
In subsection (6)—
a
in paragraph (a), after “remarriage of” insert “
, or formation of a civil partnership by,
”
and
b
in the words following paragraph (b), after “had remarried” insert “
or formed a civil partnership
”
.
4
In the heading to section 38, after “remarriage” insert “
or formation of civil partnership
”
.
46
In section 52 (interpretation), after subsection (3), insert —
3A
References in this Act to the formation of a civil partnership by a person include references to a civil partnership which is by law void or voidable.