- Status
- In Force
What it defines
Sections creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.
83 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.art001
Title and commencement
s.art002
Interpretation
s.art003
Divorce on breakdown of marriage
s.art004
Supplemental provisions as to facts raising presumption of breakdown
s.art005
Bar on petitions for divorce within two years of marriage
s.art006
Divorce not precluded by previous judicial separation
s.art007
Refusal of decree in five year separation cases on grounds of grave hardship to respondent
s.art008
Encouragement of reconciliation of parties to marriage
s.art009
Consideration by the court of certain agreements or arrangements
s.art010
Intervention by Crown Solicitor
s.art011
Proceedings after decree nisi: general powers of court
s.art012
Proceedings after decree nisi: special protection for respondent in separation cases
s.art013
Grounds on which a marriage is void
s.art014
Grounds on which a marriage is voidable
s.art014
Marriage converted from a civil partnership: when voidable
s.art015
Jurisdiction of court, and form of order, etc., in nullity proceedings
s.art016
Bars to relief where marriage is voidable
s.art017
Marriages governed by foreign law or celebrated abroad under certain enactments or under common law
s.art018
Effect of decree of nullity in case of voidable marriage
s.art019
Judicial separation
s.art020
Effects of judicial separation
s.art021
Presumption of death and dissolution of marriage
s.art022
Relief for respondent in proceedings for divorce, judicial separation or nullity
s.art023
Financial provision and property adjustment orders
s.art023
Pension sharing orders
s.art023
Pension compensation sharing orders
s.art023
Pension compensation: interpretation
s.art024
Maintenance pending suit
s.art025
Financial provision orders in connection with divorce proceedings, etc.
s.art026
Property adjustment orders in connection with divorce proceedings, etc.
s.art026
Pension sharing orders in connection with divorce proceedings, etc.
s.art026
Pension sharing orders: duty to stay
s.art026
Pension sharing orders: apportionment of charges
s.art026
Pension compensation sharing orders in connection with divorce proceedings
s.art026
Pension compensation sharing orders: duty to stay
s.art026
Pension compensation sharing orders: apportionment of charges
s.art027
Matters to which court is to have regard in deciding how to exercise its powers under Articles 25 , 26, 26A and 26D
s.art027
Exercise of court's powers in favour of party to marriage on decree of divorce or nullity of marriage
s.art027
Pensions
s.art027
Pensions: lump sums
s.art027
Pensions: supplementary
s.art027
The Pension Protection Fund
s.art027
Attachment of pension compensation
s.art027
Pension compensation: supplementary
s.art028
Commencement of proceedings for ancillary relief, etc.
s.art029
Financial provision orders in case of neglect by party to marriage to maintain other party or child of the family
s.art030
Duration of continuing financial provision orders in favour of party to marriage, and effect of remarriage or formation of civil partnership
s.art031
Duration of continuing financial provision orders in favour of children, and age limit on making certain orders in their favour
s.art032
Direction for settlement of instrument for securing payments or effecting property adjustment
s.art033
Variation, discharge, etc., of certain orders for financial relief
s.art034
Payment of certain arrears unenforceable without the leave of the court
s.art035
Orders for repayment in certain cases of sums paid under certain orders
s.art035
Consent orders for financial provision or property adjustment
s.art036
Validity of maintenance agreements
s.art037
Alteration of agreements by the court, or by a court of summary jurisdiction, during lives of parties
s.art038
Alteration of agreements by the High Court, or by a county court, after death of one party
s.art039
Avoidance of transactions intended to prevent or reduce financial relief
s.art040
Orders for repayment in certain cases of sums paid after cessation of order by reason of remarriage or formation of civil partnership
s.art041
Settlement, etc., made in compliance with a property adjustment order may be avoided on bankruptcy of settlor
s.art042
Payments, etc., under order made in favour of person suffering from mental disorder
s.art042
Appeals relating to pension sharing orders which have taken effect
s.art042
Appeals relating to pension compensation sharing orders which have taken effect
s.art043
Reference for conciliation and report on children
s.art044
Restrictions on decrees for dissolution, annulment or separation affecting children
s.art048
The court
s.art049
Jurisdiction of court
s.art049
Jurisdiction of court: proceedings in relation to a marriage of a same-sex couple
s.art050
Matrimonial relief in respect of polygamous marriages
s.art051
Collusion, etc.
s.art052
Evidence
s.art053
Parties to proceedings under this Order
s.art055
Extension of section 17 of married Women's Property Act 1882
s.art055
Extension of time limit: mediation
s.art057
Abolition of right to claim damages for adultery
s.art058
Abolition of actions for enticement and harbouring of a spouse
s.art059
Abolition of right to claim restitution of conjugal rights
s.art060
Abolition of wife's agency of necessity
s.art062
Transitional provisions and savings
s.paragraph/p10
Art. 61 rep. by 1984 NI 14
s.paragraph/p11
Art.63(a), with Schedules 3, 4, effects amendments; para.(b), with Schedules...
s.paragraph/p7
Arts. 45‐47 rep. by 1995 NI 2
s.paragraph/p8
Art. 54 rep. by 1993 NI 6
s.paragraph/p9
Art. 56 rep. with saving by 1980 NI 5
Schedules
Schedules
0 of 42 shown42 other schedules
s.sch001
Paragraphs 2 to 6 have effect for the interpretation of this Schedule.
s.sch001
(1) Where an order staying any proceedings is in force in pursuance of paragraph 8...
s.sch001
(1) The provisions of sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) shall apply (subject to sub-paragraph (4)) where...
s.sch001
“Matrimonial proceedings” means any proceedings so far as they are one or more of the...
s.sch001
(1) “Another jurisdiction” means any country other than Northern Ireland. (2) “Related jurisdiction” means any...
s.sch001
(1) References to the trial or first trial in any proceedings do not include references...
s.sch001
Any reference in this Schedule to proceedings in another jurisdiction is to proceedings in a...
s.sch001
“Prescribed” means prescribed by rules of court.
s.sch001
While matrimonial proceedings are pending in the court in respect of a marriage and the...
s.sch001
(1) Where before the beginning of the trial or first trial in any proceedings for...
s.sch001
(1) Where before the beginning of the trial or first...
s.sch003
(1) In this Schedule— “the Act of 1939” means the Matrimonial Causes Act (Northern Ireland)...
s.sch003
No right or liability shall attach by virtue of Article 36(1) in respect of any...
s.sch003
In relation to such proceedings as are mentioned in Article 45(1) which were begun between...
s.sch003
Article 45(2) shall not apply in relation to an order made under section 4 of...
s.sch003
(1) No proceedings for divorce shall be entertained by the court by virtue of Article...
s.sch003
(1) Article 51(1) shall not apply in relation to any petition for divorce or judicial...
s.sch003
In Article 54(3) any reference to rules of court as defined by section 21(4) of...
s.sch003
In paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 in sub-paragraph ( d ) the reference to the...
s.sch003
The amendment made by Schedule 4 in section 1(1) of the Matrimonial Causes (Reports) Act...
s.sch003
(1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) to (5), a marriage celebrated after 30th September 1939 and...
s.sch003
Where a decree of nullity was granted before the commencement of this Order in respect...
s.sch003
Subject to paragraph 3, any application made or proceeding begun under any statutory provision repealed...
s.sch003
Article 20(2) shall not apply in a case where the death occurred before the commencement...
s.sch003
(1) An order made under section 19(1) or (2) of the Act of 1939 (including...
s.sch003
Article 40 shall apply in relation to an order made under section 17(2) or (3),...
s.sch003
(1) Subject to the provisions of this paragraph, Article 33 shall apply, as it applies...
s.sch003
(1) Paragraphs (1) and (3) of Article 33 shall apply to an order made under...
s.sch003
Article 45(7) shall apply in relation to an order for the custody or education of...
s.sch003
The power of the court under Article 25(1) or (2)( a ) or 45(1)( a...
s.sch003
Article 34 shall apply in relation to the enforcement, by proceedings begun after the commencement...
s.sch003
Article 35 shall apply to an order made or deemed to have been made under...
s.sch003
(1) Article 39 shall apply in relation to proceedings for relief under section 17(2) or...
s.sch003
Nothing in Part II of this Order shall apply in relation to any petition for...
s.sch003
Articles 46 and 47 shall apply where the court has jurisdiction by virtue of paragraph...
s.sch003
Except where specific provision to the contrary is made in this Order, nothing in this...
s.sch003
Notwithstanding any repeal or amendment made by this Order, the Act of 1939 and any...
s.sch003
Subject to the provisions of this Order (and, in particular, to Articles 16 and 51(2))...
s.sch003
In Article 6 any reference to a decree of judicial separation includes a reference to...
s.sch003
Article 16(1) replaces, in relation to any decree to which it applies, any rule of...
s.sch003
In the application of Article 25(1)( d e ) or ( f ) to any...
s.sch003
Where the party chargeable under a maintenance agreement within the meaning of Article 36 died...
Duty extraction and severity labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the instrument, not the instrument itself. Always verify against the linked source text.