SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 5 E+WFinancial relief in the High Court or a county court etc.

Part 11 E+WVariation, discharge etc. of certain orders for financial relief

Additional powers on discharging or varying a periodical or secured periodical payments order after dissolution of civil partnership E+W

53 (1) Sub-paragraph (2) applies if, after the dissolution of a civil partnership, the court—

(a) discharges a periodical payments order or secured periodical payments order made in favour of a civil partner, or

(b) varies such an order so that payments under the order are required to be made or secured only for such further period as is determined by the court.

(2) The court may make supplemental provision consisting of any of the following—

(a) an order for the payment of a lump sum in favour of one of the civil partners;

(b) one or more property adjustment orders in favour of one of the civil partners;

(c) one or more pension sharing orders;

(d) a direction that the civil partner in whose favour the original order discharged or varied was made is not entitled to make any further application for—

(i) a periodical payments or secured periodical payments order, or

(ii) an extension of the period to which the original order is limited by any variation made by the court.

(3) The power under sub-paragraph (2) is in addition to any power the court has apart from that sub-paragraph.