SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 27Minor and consequential amendments: general

Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (c. 18)

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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 ”.