SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 28Consequential amendments: Scotland

Part 2Amendments of the Family Law (Scotland) Act 1985 (c. 37)

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1

Amend section 12 (orders for payment of capital sum or transfer of property) as follows.

2

In subsection (1)—

a

in paragraph (a), at the end insert “ or of dissolution of a civil partnership ”, and

b

in paragraph (b), for “decree of divorce” substitute “ the decree ”.

3

In subsection (4), the existing words “either party to the marriage” become paragraph (a) and after that paragraph insert the following paragraph—

b

either partner,