(This note is not part of the Regulations.)
These Regulations make provision relating to orders made under the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), including those made after proceedings overseas, for ancillary relief in proceedings for dissolution, separation or nullity of civil partnership which relate to the pension rights of a party to the civil partnership.
The Regulations provide in particular for:
(a) the valuation of pension rights by the court;
(b) notices of change of circumstances to be provided by the person responsible for the pension arrangement to the civil partner without pension rights, or by that civil partner to the person responsible for the pension arrangement; and
(c) the stay period during which pension sharing orders cannot take effect.