SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 29Minor and consequential amendments: Northern Ireland

Matrimonial and Family Proceedings (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/677 (N.I. 4))

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Amend Article 16 (applications for financial relief after overseas divorce etc.) as follows.

2

In paragraph (2) (no application may be made after remarriage), for “remarries” substitute “ forms a subsequent marriage or civil partnership, ”.

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For paragraph (3) substitute—

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The reference in paragraph (2) to the forming of a subsequent marriage or civil partnership includes a reference to the forming of a marriage or civil partnership which is by law void or voidable.