Part 4 Pension Sharing Orders on or after Dissolution or Nullity Order
Civil Partnership Act 2004 (2004 c 33) | Legislation

Part 4 Pension Sharing Orders on or after Dissolution or Nullity Order

Circumstances in which pension sharing orders may be made

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

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

(b)     at any time afterwards.

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

Pension sharing orders

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

(a)     provides that one civil partner's—

(i)     shareable rights under a specified pension arrangement, or

(ii)     shareable state scheme rights,

are to be subject to pension sharing for the benefit of the other civil partner, and

(b)     specifies the percentage value to be transferred.

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

(a)

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