The Matrimonial and Family Proceedings (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 No. 677 (NI. 4)

PART IV N.I. FINANCIAL RELIEF IN NORTHERN IRELAND AFTER OVERSEAS DIVORCE ETC.

Orders for financial provision and property adjustment N.I.

Consent orders for financial provision or property adjustment N.I.

23.—(1) Notwithstanding anything in Article 22, on an application for a consent order for financial relief the court may, unless it has reason to think that there are other circumstances into which it ought to inquire, make an order in the terms agreed on the basis only of the prescribed information furnished with the application.

(2) Paragraph (1) applies to an application for a consent order varying or discharging an order for financial relief as it applies to an application for an order for financial relief.

(3) In this Article—

• “consent order”, in relation to an application for an order, means an order in the terms applied for to which the respondent agrees;

• “order for financial relief” means an order under Article 21; and

• “prescribed” means prescribed by rules of court.