Department of Finance and Personnel Orders
- Audit and Accountability (Northern Ireland) Order
- Family Law (Divorce etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order
- Marriage (Northern Ireland) Order
Brief Summary of the Order
Reforms and updates existing audit arrangements for public sector bodies.
Date Draft Order Laid
19 December 2002
House of Commons
Delegated Legislation Standing Committee
29 January 2003
Approved by Commons
03 February 2003
Lords
12 February 2003
Order Made at Meeting of Privy Council
27 February 2003
Family Law (Divorce etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order
Brief Summary of the Order
Reforms the facts on proof of which a divorce or judicial separation may be granted, or an order for maintenance made; makes some changes to procedures in divorce and judicial separation cases and states explicitly the power of both a divorce court and domestic proceedings court to adjourn a case for reconciliation or mediation; and deals with three anomalies of family property law to the allow the UK Government to ratify Protocol 7 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
Brief Summary of the Order
Reforms, updates, simplifies and consolidates the procedures in relation to the formalities to, and the preliminaries for, marriage, focusing on the steps which must be taken before a marriage ceremony can take place.
Date Draft Order Laid
04 December 2002
House of Commons
Delegated Legislation Standing Committee
16 December 2002
Approved by Commons
17 December 2002
Lords
12 February 2003
Order Made at Meeting of Privy Council
27 February 2003
