73. In section 219 (dissolution etc: power to make provision corresponding to EC Regulation 2201/2003)—U.K.
(a)in subsection (1)(a) and (b) omit “or Northern Ireland”;
(b)after subsection (1) insert—
“(1A) The Department of Justice in Northern Ireland may by regulations make provision—
(a)as to the jurisdiction of courts in Northern Ireland in proceedings for the dissolution or annulment of a civil partnership or for legal separation of the civil partners in such cases as are mentioned in subsection (1)(a), and
(b)as to the recognition in Northern Ireland of any such judgment as is mentioned in subsection (1)(b).”;
(c)in subsection (5) after “(1)(b)” insert “, (1A)(b)”;
(d)after subsection (6) insert—
“(6A) Regulations under subsection (1A) are to be made by statutory rule for the purposes of the Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland) Order 1979.
(6B) No regulations shall be made under subsection (1A) unless a draft has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
(6C) Section 41(3) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 applies for the purposes of subsection (6B) in relation to the laying of a draft as it applies in relation to the laying of a statutory document under an enactment.”
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 18 para. 73 in force at 12.4.2010, see art. 1(2)