Part 15Family property

200Amendment of Married Women's Property Act 1964

1

In section 1 of the Married Women's Property Act 1964 (money and property derived from housekeeping allowance made by husband to be treated as belonging to husband and wife in equal shares)—

a

for “the husband for” substitute “ either of them for ”, and

b

for “the husband and the wife” substitute “ them ”.

2

Accordingly, that Act may be cited as the Matrimonial Property Act 1964.

3

The amendments made by this section do not have effect in relation to any allowance made before the commencement of this section.