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5(1)The Family Law (Scotland) Act 1985 shall be amended as follows.S
(2)In subsection (2) of section 12A (orders for payment of capital sum: pensions lump sum), for “party”, where it first occurs, there shall be substituted “ person ”.
(3)In subsection (2) of section 16 (agreements on financial provision), after “divorce”, wherever it occurs, there shall be inserted “ or of dissolution of the civil partnership ”.
(4)In subsection (1) of section 27 (interpretation), in the definition of “partner”, for “has”, where it first occurs, there shall be substituted “ was ”.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 2 para. 5 in force at 4.5.2006 by S.S.I. 2006/212, art. 2