Schedule 18 - Financial relief in Northern Ireland after overseas dissolution etc. of a civil partnership
Civil Partnership Bill [Lords]
1:15 am
Amendments proposed: No. 48, in schedule 18, page 296, line 10, leave out sub-paragraph (4) and insert—
'(4) The matters to which the court is to have regard under sub-paragraph (3)(a), so far as relating to paragraph 16(2)(a) of Schedule 16 (regard to be had to financial resources), include—
(a) any benefits under a pension arrangement which either of the civil partners has or is likely to have, and
(b) any PPF compensation to which a civil partner is or is likely to be entitled,
(whether or not in the foreseeable future).
(4A) The matters to which the court is to have regard under sub-paragraph (3)(a), so far as relating to paragraph 16(2)(h) of Schedule 16 (regard to be had to benefits that cease to be acquirable), include—
(a) any benefits under a pension arrangement which, because of the dissolution or annulment of the civil partnership, one of the civil partners will lose the chance of acquiring, and
(b) any PPF compensation which, because of the making of the dissolution or nullity order, a civil partner will lose the chance of acquiring entitlement to.'.
Government amendments Nos. 49 to 51.—[Jacqui Smith.]
Question put, That the amendments be made:—
The Committee divided: Ayes 10, Noes 1.