http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1964/23/section/1Law Reform (Husband and Wife) Act (Northern Ireland) 1964An Act to amend the law as to actions in tort between husband and wife; to extend the powers of the court under section 17 of the Married Women's Property Act 1882; to make provision with respect to certain contracts of insurance and other contracts for the benefit of a spouse or child and with respect to criminal proceedings by or against a spouse; and for purposes connected with matters aforesaid.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2011-05-262006-01-01 11Save where otherwise appears, this Act applies to persons whether married before or after the commencement of this Act.2Section 2 shall not apply to any cause of action in tort which arose, or would but for the subsistence of a marriage have arisen, before the commencement of this Act.