Part 3 Amendments of the Civil Partnership Act 2004

Part 3 Amendments of the Civil Partnership Act 2004

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The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c 33) is amended as follows.

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After Part 4 of Schedule 5 (pension sharing orders on or after dissolution or nullity order) insert—

“Part 4A
Pension Compensation Sharing Orders on or after Dissolution or Nullity Order

Circumstances in which pension compensation sharing orders may be made

19A

(1)     The court may make a pension compensation sharing order—

(a)     on making a dissolution or nullity order, or

(b)     at any time afterwards.

(2)     In this Schedule “pension compensation sharing order†means a pension compensation sharing order under this Part.

Pension compensation sharing orders

19B

(1)     A pension compensation sharing order is an order which—

(a)     provides that one civil partner's shareable rights to PPF compensation that derive from rights under a specified pension scheme are to be subject to pension compensation sharing for the benefit of the other civil partner, and

(b)     specifies the percentage value to be transferred.

(2)     Shareable rights to PPF compensation are rights in relation to which pension compensation sharing is available under—

(a)     Chapter 1 of Part 3 of the Pensions Act 2008, or

(b)     corresponding

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