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Matrimonial Homes and Property Act 1981

Consolidated Text As Enacted Cited authorities 38 Cited in Amendments 38 Related
Vincent
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1981 c. 24
Year1981
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  • After section 24 of the
    • Where the court makes under section 23 or 24 of this Act a secured periodical payments order, an order for the payment of a lump sum or a property adjustment order, then, on making that order or at any time thereafter, the court may make a further order for the sale of such property as may be specified in the order, being property in which or in the proceeds of sale of which either or both of the parties to the marriage has or have a beneficial interest, either in possession or reversion.provision requiring the making of a payment out of the proceeds of sale of the property to which the order relates, andprovision requiring any such property to be offered for sale to a person, or class of persons, specified in the order.Where an order is made under subsection (1) above on or after the grant of a decree of divorce or nullity of marriage, the order shall not take effect unless the decree has been made absolute.Where an order is made under subsection (1) above, the court may direct that the order, or such provision thereof as the court may specify, shall not take effect until the occurrence of an event specified by the court or the expiration of a period so specified.Where an order under subsection (1) above contains a provision requiring the proceeds of sale of the property to which the order relates to be used to secure periodical payments to a party to the marriage, the order shall cease to have effect on the death or re-marriage of that person.(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at the end of subsection (2) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
    • (f) any order made under section 24A(1) above for the sale of property
    ;    any order made under section 24A(1) above for the sale of propertyin subsection (6) for the words “may be made by the person entitled to payments under the order” there shall be substituted the words “(and to any order made under section 24A(1) above which requires the proceeds of sale of property to be used for securing those payments) may be made by the person

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