Domestic Proceedings (Northern Ireland) Order 1980 (S.I. 1980/563 (N.I. 5))N.I.
39N.I.In Article 6 (duration of orders for financial provision for a party to a marriage), in paragraph (2)—
(a)after “remarriage of” insert “ , or formation of a civil partnership by, ”, and
(b)after “the remarriage” insert “ or formation of the civil partnership ”.
40(1)Amend Article 40 (orders for repayment in certain cases of sums paid after cessation of order by reason of remarriage) as follows.N.I.
(2)In paragraph (1)—
(a)in sub-paragraph (a), after “remarriage of” insert “ , or formation of a civil partnership by, ”, and
(b)in sub-paragraph (b), after “that remarriage” insert “ or the formation of that civil partnership ”.
(3)In paragraph (8)—
(a)in sub-paragraph (a), after “remarriage of” insert “ , or formation of a civil partnership by, ”, and
(b)in the words following sub-paragraph (b)—
(i)after “the remarriage” insert “ or the formation of that civil partnership ”, and
(ii)after “had remarried” insert “ or formed a civil partnership ”.
(4)In the heading to Article 40, after “remarriage” add “ or formation of civil partnership ”.