(LRC Revised)

Number 24 of 2010

CIVIL PARTNERSHIP AND CERTAIN RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF COHABITANTS ACT 2010

REVISED

Updated to 13 November 2024

Changes to legislation

as of 10 July 2026, this Act is up to date with all changes known to be in force.

This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the

Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010

. It is prepared by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under

the

Law Reform Commission Act 1975

(3/1975) to keep the law under review and to undertake revision and consolidation

of statute law.

All Acts up to and including the

Family Courts Act 2024

(48/2024), enacted 13 November 2024, and all statutory instruments up to and including

the

European Union (Adequate Minimum Wages) Regulations 2024

(S.I. No. 633 of 2024), made 15 November 2024, were considered in the

preparation of this Revised Act.

Disclaimer: While every care has been taken in the preparation of this Revised Act,

the Law Reform Commission can assume no responsibility for and give no guarantees,

undertakings or warranties concerning the accuracy, completeness or up to date nature

of the information provided and does not accept any liability whatsoever arising from

any errors or omissions. Please notify any errors, omissions and comments by email

to

revisedacts@lawreform.ie.

Number

24

of

2010

CIVIL PARTNERSHIP AND CERTAIN RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF COHABITANTS ACT 2010

REVISED

Updated to 13 November 2024

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.

5A. Certain 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.

52A. Failure to make payments to be contempt of court.

52B. Certificate of outstanding payments.

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.

67A. Birth and funeral expenses of dependent child.

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.

108A. Custody of dependent children of civil partners after decree of nullity.

PART 12

Dissolution of Civil Partnership

109. Definitions, etc.

109A. Dissolution of civil partnership on marriage.

110. Grant of decree of dissolution.

110A. Joint

application for ancillary orders.

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.

131A. Restriction in relation to orders for benefit of dependent children of civil

partners.

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.

141A. Custody of dependent children of civil partners after decree of dissolution.

141B. Social reports.

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.

196A. Orders under Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Act 1976.

197. Particulars of property.

198. Conduct of proceedings.

199. Privacy.

200. Costs.

201. Rules of court.

202. Validity of certain agreements between cohabitants.

203. Amendment of section 39 of Residential Tenancies Act 2004.

204. Amendment of section 47 of Civil Liability Act 1961.

205. Amendment of Powers of Attorney Act 1996.

206. Transitional provision — redress orders.

207. Transitional provision — agreements.

PART 16

Miscellaneous

208. Saver in relation to rights of others.

SCHEDULE

Consequential Amendments to Other Acts

PART 1

Conflicts of Interests Provisions

PART 2

Pensions Provisions

PART 3

Property Rights Provisions

PART 4

Redress Provisions

PART 5

Miscellaneous Provisions

Acts Referred to

Abattoirs Act 1988

1988, No. 8

Agricultural Credit Act 1978

1978, No. 2

Agriculture Act 1931

1931, No. 8

Air Navigation and Transport (Amendment) Act 1998

1998, No. 24

Air Navigation and Transport (International Conventions) Act 2004

2004, No. 11

Aliens Act 1935

1935, No. 14

Aviation Regulation Act 2001

2001, No. 1

Bankruptcy Act 1988

1988, No. 27

Building Societies Act 1989

1989, No. 17

Central Bank Act 1942

1942, No. 22

Central Bank Act 1989

1989, No. 16

Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Act 2003

2003, No. 12

Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Act 2004

2004, No. 21

Civil Legal Aid Act 1995

1995, No. 32

Civil Liability (Amendment) Act 1996

1996, No. 42

Civil Liability Act 1961

1961, No. 41

Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004

2004, No. 31

Civil Registration Act 2004

2004, No. 3

Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (Amendment) Act 2005

2005, No. 17

Companies Act 1963

1963, No. 33

Companies Act 1990

1990, No. 33

Company Law Enforcement Act 2001

2001, No. 28

Consumer Credit Act 1995

1995, No. 24

Consumer Protection Act 2007

2007, No. 19

Conveyancing Act 1882

45 & 46 Vict., c. 39

Courts (Supplemental Provisions) (Amendment) Act 1991

1991, No. 23

Courts of Justice and Court Officers (Superannuation) Act 1961

1961, No. 16

Credit Union Act 1997

1997, No. 15

Criminal Assets Bureau Act 1996

1996, No. 31

Criminal Damage Act 1991

1991, No. 31

Criminal Justice Act 1999

1999, No. 10

Defence Act 1954

1954, No. 18

Defence (Amendment) Act 2007

2007, No. 24

Digital Hub Development Agency Act 2003

2003, No. 23

Disability Act 2005

2005, No. 14

Domestic Violence Act 1996

1996, No. 1

Domestic Violence Acts 1996 and 2002

Electoral Act 1992

1992, No. 23

Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) Act 1958

1958, No. 35

Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) Act 1970

1970, No. 5

Employment Equality Act 1998

1998, No. 21

Enforcement of Court Orders Act 1926

1926, No. 18

Enforcement of Court Orders Act 1940

1940, No. 23

Equal Status Act 2000

2000, No. 8

Ethics in Public Office Act 1995

1995, No. 22

Family Law (Divorce) Act 1996

1996, No. 33

Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Act 1976

1976, No. 11

Family Law Act 1995

1995, No. 26

Farm Tax Act 1985

1985, No. 17

Food Safety Authority of Ireland Act 1998

1998, No. 29

Garda Síochána (Compensation) Act 1941

1941, No. 19

Garda Síochána Act 2005

2005, No. 20

Gas (Interim) (Regulation) Act 2002

2002, No. 10

Grangegorman Development Agency Act 2005

2005, No. 21

Great Southern Railways Company (Superannuation Scheme) Act 1947

1947, No. 21

Harbours Act 1946

1946, No. 9

Harbours Acts 1946 to 2005

Health (Amendment) Act 2005

2005, No. 3

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2001

2001, No. 14

Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Act 2007

2007, No. 1

Health (Nursing Homes) Act 1990

1990, No. 23

Health Act 1970

1970, No. 1

Health Act 2004

2004, No. 42

Housing Act 1988

1988, No. 28

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1979

1979, No. 27

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2002

2002, No. 9

Housing (Private Rented Dwellings) (Amendment) Act 1983

1983, No. 22

Housing (Private Rented Dwellings) Act 1982

1982, No. 6

Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland) Act 2003

2003, No. 30

Insurance Act 1989

1989, No. 3

Insurance Act 2000

2000, No. 42

Investor Compensation Act 1998

1998, No. 37

Irish Horse Racing Industry Act 1994

1994, No. 18

Judgements (Ireland) Act 1844

1844, c. 90

Land Act 1931

1931, No. 11

Land Act 1933

1933, No. 38

Land Act 1936

1936, No. 41

Land Act 1965

1965, No. 2

Local Authorities (Higher Education Grants) Act 1968

1968, No. 24

Local Authorities (Higher Education Grants) Act 1992

1992, No. 19

Local Government (Superannuation) Act 1980

1980, No. 8

Local Government Act 1941

1941, No. 23

Local Government Act 2001

2001, No. 37

Mental Health Act 2001

2001, No. 25

Ministerial, Parliamentary and Judicial Offices and Oireachtas Members (Miscellaneous

Provisions) Act 2001

2001, No. 33

Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Act 1938

1938, No. 38

National Development Finance Agency Act 2002

2002, No. 29

National Minimum Wage Act 2000

2000, No. 5

National Sports Campus Development Authority Act 2006

2006, No. 19

Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997

1997, No. 26

Occasional Trading Act 1979

1979, No. 35

Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) Act 1938

1938, No. 34

Oireachtas (Allowances to Members)(Amendment) Act 1968

1968, No. 8

Organisation of Working Time Act 1997

1997, No. 20

Partition Act 1868

1868, c. 40

Partition Act 1876

1876, c. 17

Pensions (Amendment) Act 1996

1996, No. 18

Pensions (Amendment) Act 2002

2002, No. 18

Pensions Act 1990

1990, No. 25

Pharmacy Act 2007

2007, No. 20

Pilotage Order Confirmation Act 1927

1927, No. 1(P)

Planning and Development Act 2000

2000, No. 30

Powers of Attorney Act 1996

1996, No. 12

Presidential Establishment Act 1938

1938, No. 24

Presidential Establishment (Amendment) Act 1991

1991, No. 10

Private Security Services Act 2004

2004, No. 12

Prosecution of Offences Act 1974

1974, No. 22

Railway Safety Act 2005

2005, No. 31

Refugee Act 1996

1996, No. 17

Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006

2006, No. 12

Registration of Title Act 1964

1964, No. 16

Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002

2002, No. 13

Residential Tenancies Act 2004

2004, No. 27

Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006

2006, No. 8

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004

2004, No. 9

Social Welfare Acts

Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2007

2007, No. 8

Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2008

2008, No. 2

Solicitors (Amendment) Act 1994

1994, No. 27

Statistics Act 1993

1993, No. 21

Statute of Limitations 1957

1957, No. 6

Succession Act 1965

1965, No. 27

Sustainable Energy Act 2002

2002, No. 2

Taxes Consolidation Act 1997

1997, No. 39

Transport (Railway Infrastructure) Act 2001

2001, No. 55

Trustee Savings Banks Act 1989

1989, No. 21

Unfair Dismissals Act 1977

1977, No. 10

Valuation Act 2001

2001, No. 13

Vocational Education Act 1930

1930, No. 29

Number

24

of

2010

CIVIL PARTNERSHIP AND CERTAIN RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF COHABITANTS ACT 2010

REVISED

Updated to 13 November 2024

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE REGISTRATION OF CIVIL PARTNERS AND FOR THE CONSEQUENCES

OF THAT REGISTRATION, TO PROVIDE FOR THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF COHABITANTS AND

TO PROVIDE FOR CONNECTED MATTERS.

[19

th July

, 2010]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS

Annotations

Modifications (not altering text)

C1

Application of Act extended (31.07.2013) by

Personal Insolvency Act 2012

(44/2012), ss. 69(4) and 104(4), S.I. No. 285 of 2013.

Principal private residence in Debt Settlement Arrangement.

69

.— ...

(4) A Debt Settlement Arrangement shall not contain terms providing for a disposal

of the debtor‘s interest in the principal private residence unless

(a) the debtor has obtained independent legal advice in relation to such disposal

or, having been advised by the personal insolvency practitioner to obtain such legal

advice, has declined to do so; and

(b) to the extent that the provisions of the Family Home Protection Act 1976 or the

Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 apply

to the property, all relevant provisions of those Acts are complied with.

...

Principal private residence in Personal Insolvency Arrangement.

104

. — ...

(4) A Personal Insolvency Arrangement shall not contain terms providing for a disposal

of the debtor‘s interest in the principal private residence unless—

(a) the debtor has obtained independent legal advice in relation to such disposal

or, having been advised by the personal insolvency practitioner to obtain such legal

advice, has declined to do so, and

(b) to the extent that the provisions of the Family Home Protection Act 1976 or the

Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 apply

to the property, all relevant provisions of those Acts are complied with.

Editorial Notes

E1

Court may at its discretion discharge a safety, barring, interim barring, emergency

barring or protection order when determining annulment or dissolution proceedings

under this Act as prescribed (1.01.2019) by

Domestic Violence Act 2018

(6/2018), s. 15(3)(b), S.I. No. 532 of 2018.

E2

Proceedings under Act included in definition of “family law proceedings” (1.01.2018) by

Mediation Act 2017

(27/2017, s. 2, S.I. No. 591 of 2017.

E3

Certain disposals made by virtue of or in consequence of an order made under Act

on or following a decree of dissolution confirmed exempt from capital gains tax by

Taxes Consolidation Act 1997

(39/1997), s. 1031O(1)(a), as inserted (for year of assessment 2011 and subsequent

years of assessment) by

Finance (No. 3) Act 2011

(18/2011), s. 1(1), in effect as per s. 5(8)(c), and substituted (for year of assessment

2011 and subsequent years of assessment) by

Finance Act 2013

(8/2013), s. 103(1)(f), commenced as per s. 103(3)(a).

Annotations

Modifications (not altering text)

C1

Application of Act extended (31.07.2013) by

Personal Insolvency Act 2012

(44/2012), ss. 69(4) and 104(4), S.I. No. 285 of 2013.

Principal private residence in Debt Settlement Arrangement.

69

.— ...

(4) A Debt Settlement Arrangement shall not contain terms providing for a disposal

of the debtor‘s interest in the principal private residence unless

(a) the debtor has obtained independent legal advice in relation to such disposal

or, having been advised by the personal insolvency practitioner to obtain such legal

advice, has declined to do so; and

(b) to the extent that the provisions of the Family Home Protection Act 1976 or the

Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 apply

to the property, all relevant provisions of those Acts are complied with.

...

Principal private residence in Personal Insolvency Arrangement.

104

. — ...

(4) A Personal Insolvency Arrangement shall not contain terms providing for a disposal

of the debtor‘s interest in the principal private residence unless—

(a) the debtor has obtained independent legal advice in relation to such disposal

or, having been advised by the personal insolvency practitioner to obtain such legal

advice, has declined to do so, and

(b) to the extent that the provisions of the Family Home Protection Act 1976 or the

Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 apply

to the property, all relevant provisions of those Acts are complied with.

Editorial Notes

E1

Court may at its discretion discharge a safety, barring, interim barring, emergency

barring or protection order when determining annulment or dissolution proceedings

under this Act as prescribed (1.01.2019) by

Domestic Violence Act 2018

(6/2018), s. 15(3)(b), S.I. No. 532 of 2018.

E2

Proceedings under Act included in definition of “family law proceedings” (1.01.2018) by

Mediation Act 2017

(27/2017, s. 2, S.I. No. 591 of 2017.

E3

Certain disposals made by virtue of or in consequence of an order made under Act

on or following a decree of dissolution confirmed exempt from capital gains tax by

Taxes Consolidation Act 1997

(39/1997), s. 1031O(1)(a), as inserted (for year of assessment 2011 and subsequent

years of assessment) by

Finance (No. 3) Act 2011

(18/2011), s. 1(1), in effect as per s. 5(8)(c), and substituted (for year of assessment

2011 and subsequent years of assessment) by

Finance Act 2013

(8/2013), s. 103(1)(f), commenced as per s. 103(3)(a).

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.

5A. Certain 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.

52A. Failure to make payments to be contempt of court.

52B. Certificate of outstanding payments.

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.

67A. Birth and funeral expenses of dependent child.

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.

108A. Custody of dependent children of civil partners after decree of nullity.

PART 12

Dissolution of Civil Partnership

109. Definitions, etc.

109A. Dissolution of civil partnership on marriage.

110. Grant of decree of dissolution.

110A. Joint

application for ancillary orders.

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.

131A. Restriction in relation to orders for benefit of dependent children of civil

partners.

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.

141A. Custody of dependent children of civil partners after decree of dissolution.

141B. Social reports.

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.

196A. Orders under Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Act 1976.

197. Particulars of property.

198. Conduct of proceedings.

199. Privacy.

200. Costs.

201. Rules of court.

202. Validity of certain agreements between cohabitants.

203. Amendment of section 39 of Residential Tenancies Act 2004.

204. Amendment of section 47 of Civil Liability Act 1961.

205. Amendment of Powers of Attorney Act 1996.

206. Transitional provision — redress orders.

207. Transitional provision — agreements.

PART 16

Miscellaneous

208. Saver in relation to rights of others.

SCHEDULE

Consequential Amendments to Other Acts

PART 1

Conflicts of Interests Provisions

PART 2

Pensions Provisions

PART 3

Property Rights Provisions

PART 4

Redress Provisions

PART 5

Miscellaneous Provisions

Number

24

of

2010