Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010

Amendment of section 73 of Act of 2004.

24.— Section 73 of the Act of 2004 is amended—

(a) in subsection (1)—

(i) by inserting the following paragraph after paragraph (d):

“(dd) civil partnerships,”;

(ii) by inserting “of marriage” after “nullity” in paragraph (f);

(iii) by inserting the following paragraphs after paragraph (f):

“(ff) decrees of dissolution,

(fff) decrees of nullity of civil partnership,”,

(b) in paragraph (3)(a), by inserting “of marriage, civil partnership, decree of dissolution, decree of nullity of civil partnership,” after “nullity” wherever it appears, and

(c) in subsection (7), by inserting “of marriage, civil partnership, decree of dissolution, decree of nullity of civil partnership,” after “nullity”.