SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 28Consequential amendments: Scotland

Part 2Amendments of the Family Law (Scotland) Act 1985 (c. 37)

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1

In section 22 (expenses of action)—

a

for “party to a marriage” substitute “person”,

b

for paragraph (a) substitute—

a

an action for aliment brought—

i

by either party to a marriage, or

ii

by either party in a civil partnership,

on his own behalf against the other party or partner,

c

in paragraph (b), after “separation” insert “(whether of the parties to a marriage or the civil partners in a civil partnership)”,

d

after paragraph (b) insert—

bb

an action for dissolution of a civil partnership, declarator that a civil partnership exists or declarator of nullity of a civil partnership,

e

after fifth “marriage” insert “or the other partner in the civil partnership”.