Civil Partnership Act 2004 Explanatory Notes

Section 64: Parties to proceedings under this chapter

123.This section allows rules of court to be made to allow for parties to be joined to proceedings for dissolution, nullity or separation if they are involved in allegations of improper conduct made in the proceedings. The rules may provide for the court to dismiss from the proceedings any parties whom it has joined. Rules may also make provision as to the persons who are to be parties to an application for a declaration. Subsection (3) enables the court to permit a person to intervene if it thinks he or she should be made a party.

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