Part 4

Civil partnership: Northern Ireland
Chapter 4

Civil partnership agreements

Property where civil partnership agreement is terminated
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1
This section applies if a civil partnership agreement is terminated.
2
Sections 191 and 192 (disputes between civil partners about property) apply to any dispute between, or claim by, one of the parties in relation to property in which either or both had a beneficial interest while the agreement was in force, as if the parties were civil partners of each other.
3
An application made under section 191 or 192 by virtue of subsection (2) must be made within 3 years of the termination of the agreement.
4
A party to a civil partnership agreement who makes a gift of property to the other party on the condition (express or implied) that it is to be returned if the agreement is terminated is not prevented from recovering the property merely because of his having terminated the agreement.