Last Updated: 16 October 2023

[FNPF 136] Matrimonial property136 

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(1) This section applies in proceedings under the Family Law Act 2003 between the parties to a marriage—
  • (a)with respect to existing title or rights in respect of property; or
  • (b)with respect to the property of the parties to a marriage or either of them; or
  • (c)with respect to maintenance;

where one or both of the parties is an FNPF member.

(2) The powers of the court extend to making an order requiring the Board—
  • (a)if one of the parties is not an FNPF member, to admit the party as an FNPF member and make an order under subsection (2)(b); and
  • (b)to credit a specified amount to an FNPF entitlement of a party, and debit a specified entitlement of the other party, accordingly; and
  • (c)to require a specified part of payments under an annuity payable to one of the parties to be paid to the other party.
(3) The Board must comply with an order under subsection (2).
(4) This section does not affect any other power of the court.