Part II Orders for Sale of Property

8 Amendments consequential on powers of court to order sale of property.

(1)

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(2)

In section 31 of the said Act of 1973 (which provides for the variation and discharge of certain orders for financial relief)—

(a)

at the end of subsection (2) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“(f)

any order made under section 24A(1) above for the sale of property”;

(b)

in subsection (6) for the words “may be made by the person entitled to payments under the order” there shall be substituted the words “(and to any order made under section 24A(1) above which requires the proceeds of sale of property to be used for securing those payments) may be made by the person entitled to payments under the periodical payments order.”

(3)

In paragraph 11 of Schedule 1 to the M1Domicile and Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1973 (which relates to the effect on an order for periodical payments of the stay of proceedings for divorce, judicial separation or nullity of marriage) after sub-paragraph (3) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph—

“(3A)

Where any such order as is mentioned in paragraph (e) of section 23(1) of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973, being an order made under section 23(1) or (2)(a) of that Act, ceases to have effect by virtue of sub-paragraph (2) or (3) above, any order made under section 24A(1) of that Act which requires the proceeds of sale of property to be used for securing periodical payments under the first mentioned order shall also cease to have effect.”