Civil partnership and certain rights and obligations of cohabitants act 2010
Enactment Date | 19 July 2010 |
Act Number | 24 |
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Number 24 of 2010 |
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CIVIL PARTNERSHIP AND CERTAIN RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF COHABITANTS ACT 2010 |
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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS |
PART 1 |
Preliminary and General |
Section |
1. Short title, commencement and collective citation. |
2. Interpretation. |
3. Civil partners. |
PART 2 |
Status of Civil Partnership |
4. Declarations of civil partnership status. |
5. Recognition of registered foreign relationships. |
PART 3 |
Registration of Civil Partnership |
6. Definition, Part 3. |
7. Amendment of section 2 of Act of 2004. |
8. Amendment of section 8 of Act of 2004. |
9. Amendment of section 13 of Act of 2004. |
10. Amendment of section 17 of Act of 2004. |
11. Amendment of section 22 of Act of 2004. |
12. Amendment of section 23 of Act of 2004. |
13. Amendment of section 37 of Act of 2004. |
14. Amendment of section 46 of Act of 2004. |
15. Amendment of section 59 of Act of 2004. |
16. Insertion of new Part 7A of Act of 2004. |
17. Insertion of new Part 7B of Act of 2004. |
18. Amendment of section 60 of Act of 2004. |
19. Amendment of section 64 of Act of 2004. |
20. Amendment of section 65 of Act of 2004. |
21. Amendment of section 66 of Act of 2004. |
22. Amendment of section 69 of Act of 2004. |
23. Amendment of section 70 of Act of 2004. |
24. Amendment of section 73 of Act of 2004. |
25. Amendment of First Schedule to Act of 2004. |
26. New Third Schedule to Act of 2004. |
PART 4 |
Shared Home Protection |
27. Interpretation. |
28. Alienation of interest in shared home. |
29. Consent of civil partner. |
30. Conduct leading to loss of shared home. |
31. Payment of outgoings on shared home. |
32. Adjournment of proceedings by mortgagee or lessor for possession or sale of shared home. |
33. Modification of terms of mortgage or lease as to payment of capital sum. |
34. Restriction on disposal of household chattels. |
35. Joinder of parties. |
36. Registration of notice of existence of civil partnership. |
37. Restriction of section 59(2) of Registration of Title Act 1964. |
38. Creation of joint tenancy in shared home exempt from fees. |
39. Offences. |
40. Protection of certain tenancies. |
41. Protection of certain tenancies. |
42. Amendment of Civil Legal Aid Act 1995. |
PART 5 |
Maintenance of Civil Partner |
43. Interpretation. |
44. Commencement of periodical payments. |
45. Maintenance order. |
46. Discharge, variation and termination of maintenance order. |
47. Interim order. |
48. Orders in respect of certain agreements between civil partners. |
49. Preservation of pension entitlements. |
50. Transmission of payments through District Court clerk. |
51. Lump sum maintenance orders. |
52. Secured orders. |
PART 6 |
Attachment of Earnings |
53. Attachment of earnings order. |
54. Compliance with attachment of earnings order. |
55. Application of sums received by District Court clerk. |
56. Statement as to earnings. |
57. Notification of changes of employment and earnings. |
58. Power to determine whether particular payments are earnings. |
59. Persons in service of State, local authority, etc. |
60. Discharge, variation and lapse of attachment of earnings order. |
61. Cesser of attachment of earnings order. |
62. Other remedies. |
63. Enforcement. |
PART 7 |
Miscellaneous Provisions Relating to Parts 5 and 6 |
64. Payments without deduction of income tax. |
65. Amendment of the Enforcement of Court Orders Act 1940. |
66. Property in household allowance. |
67. Voidance of certain provisions of agreements. |
PART 8 |
Succession |
68. Interpretation. |
69. Amendment of section 3 of Act of 1965. |
70. Amendment of section 56 of Act of 1965. |
71. Amendment of section 58 of Act of 1965. |
72. Amendment of section 67 of Act of 1965. |
73. Insertion of new sections in Act of 1965. |
74. Amendment of section 68 of Act of 1965. |
75. Amendment of section 69 of Act of 1965. |
76. Amendment of section 70 of Act of 1965. |
77. Amendment of section 82 of Act of 1965. |
78. Amendment of section 83 of Act of 1965. |
79. Amendment of section 85 of Act of 1965. |
80. Amendment of section 109 of Act of 1965. |
81. Insertion of section 111A in Act of 1965. |
82. Amendment of section 112 of Act of 1965. |
83. Insertion of section 113A in Act of 1965. |
84. Amendment of section 114 of Act of 1965. |
85. Amendment of section 115 of Act of 1965. |
86. Amendment of section 117 of Act of 1965. |
87. Amendment of section 120 of Act of 1965. |
88. Amendment of section 121 of Act of 1965. |
89. Amendment of section 45 of Statute of Limitations 1957. |
PART 9 |
Domestic Violence |
90. Interpretation. |
91. Amendment of section 1 of Act of 1996. |
92. Amendment of definition of “the applicant” in section 2 of Act of 1996. |
93. Amendment of section 3 of Act of 1996. |
94. Insertion of section 8A of Act of 1996. |
95. Amendment of section 9 of Act of 1996. |
96. Amendment of section 13 of Act of 1996. |
PART 10 |
Miscellaneous Consequences of Civil Partnership Registration |
97. Ethics and conflict of interests. |
98. Amendment of Mental Health Act 2001. |
99. Pensions. |
100. Amendment of the Pensions Act 1990. |
101. Amendment of Criminal Damage Act 1991. |
102. Amendment of Employment Equality Act 1998. |
103. Amendment of Equal Status Act 2000. |
104. Amendment of Powers of Attorney Act 1996. |
105. Amendment of Civil Liability Act 1961. |
106. Determination of questions between civil partners in relation to property. |
PART 11 |
Nullity of Civil Partnership |
107. Grant of decree of nullity. |
108. Effect of decree of nullity. |
PART 12 |
Dissolution of Civil Partnership |
109. Definitions, etc. |
110. Grant of decree of dissolution. |
111. Adjournment of proceedings to assist reconciliation, mediation or agreements on terms of dissolution. |
112. Non-admissibility as evidence of certain communications. |
113. Effect of decree of dissolution. |
114. Interpretation. |
115. Preliminary orders in proceedings for dissolution. |
116. Maintenance pending suit orders. |
117. Periodical payments and lump sum orders. |
118. Property adjustment orders. |
119. Miscellaneous ancillary orders. |
120. Financial compensation orders. |
121. Pension adjustment orders. |
122. Procedural provisions respecting pension adjustment orders. |
123. Rules respecting payments under schemes. |
124. Payments further to orders under section 121. |
125. Costs. |
126. Other provisions for orders under section 121. |
127. Applications for provision from estate of deceased civil partner. |
128. Orders for sale of property. |
129. Provisions relating to certain orders. |
130. Retrospective periodical payment orders. |
131. Variations etc., of certain orders. |
132. Method of making payments under certain orders. |
133. Stay on certain orders being appealed. |
134. Transmission of periodical payments through District Court clerk. |
135. Application of maintenance pending suit and periodical payment orders to certain members of Defence Forces. |
136. Amendment of Enforcement of Court Orders Act 1940. |
137. Powers of court in relation to transactions intended to prevent or reduce relief. |
138. Cost of mediation and counselling services. |
PART 13 |
Jurisdiction and Other Related Matters |
139. Definitions. |
140. Jurisdiction and venue. |
141. Notice of civil partnership law proceedings. |
142. Particulars of property. |
143. Hearing of proceedings. |
144. Conduct of proceedings. |
145. Privacy. |
146. Costs. |
147. Rules of court. |
PART 14 |
Other Consequential Amendments, Etc. |
148. Application and amendment of Pensions Act 1990. |
149. Definition. |
150. Amendment of section 2 of Act of 1996. |
151. Amendment of section 13 of Act of 1996. |
152. Amendment of section 14 of Act of 1996. |
153. Amendment of section 16 of Act of 1996. |
154. Amendment of section 17 of Act of 1996. |
155. Amendment of section 18 of Act of 1996. |
156. Amendment of section 19 of Act of 1996. |
157. Amendment of section 20 of Act of 1996. |
158. Definition. |
159. Amendment of section 2 of Act of 1995. |
160. Amendment of section 8 of Act of 1995. |
161. Amendment of section 9 of Act of 1995. |
162. Amendment of section 11 of Act of 1995. |
163. Amendment of section 12 of Act of 1995. |
164. Amendment of section 15 of Act of 1995. |
165. Amendment of section 15A of Act of 1995. |
166. Amendment of section 23 of Act of 1995. |
167. Amendment of section 25 of Act of 1995. |
168. Property rights. |
169. Redress provisions. |
170. Other miscellaneous provisions. |
PART 15 |
Cohabitants |
171. Definitions. |
172. Cohabitant and qualified cohabitant. |
173. Application for redress in respect of economically dependent qualified cohabitant. |
174. Property adjustment orders. |
175. Compensatory maintenance orders. |
176. Attachment of earnings order. |
177. Compliance with attachment of earnings order. |
178. Application of sums received by clerk. |
179. Statement as to earnings. |
180. Notification of changes of employment and earnings. |
181. Power to determine whether particular payments are earnings. |
182. Persons in service of State, local authority, etc. |
183. Discharge, variations and lapse of attachment of earnings order. |
184. Cesser of attachment of earnings order. |
185. Other remedies. |
186. Enforcement. |
187. Pension adjustment orders. |
188. Procedural provisions respecting pension adjustment orders. |
189. Rules respecting payments under schemes. |
190. Payments further to orders under section 187. |
191. Costs. |
192. Value of benefit calculation. |
193. Mediation and other alternatives to proceedings. |
194. Application for provision from estate of deceased cohabitant. |
195. Limitation period. |
196. Jurisdiction and venue. |
197. Particulars of property. |
198. Conduct of proceedings. |
199. Privacy. |
200. Costs. |
201. Rules of court. |
202. Validity... |
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