Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020 (c. 11)

SCHEDULE Minor and consequential amendments

PART 1 Amendments to the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973

8 In section 8 (intervention of Queen’s Proctor)—

(a) in subsection (1), in the words before paragraph (a), for “a petition for divorce” substitute “an application for a divorce order”;

(b) in subsection (1)(b), for “decree nisi is made absolute” substitute “divorce order is made final”;

(c) in subsection (2), for “decree nisi in any proceedings for divorce,” substitute “conditional order in any proceedings for a divorce order,”.