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SCHEDULES

F1First ScheduleS ORDINARY CAUSE RULES 1993

Textual Amendments

F1Sch. 1 (with appendices 1 and 2) substituted (1.1.1994) for Sch. 1 (with appendix) by S.I. 1993/1956, para. 2, Sch.1.

Sch. 1 (except rule 29.10) excluded (1.4.1997) by S.I. 1997/291, rule 3.24, Sch. 3

Sch. 1 extended (14.2.2000) by S.I. 2000/124, reg. 30(5)

Special provisions in relation to particular causesS

CHAPTER 33ASCIVIL PARTNERSHIP ACTIONS

PART IIISDEFENDED CIVIL PARTNERSHIP ACTIONS
Notice of intention to defend and defencesS

33A.34.(1)This rule applies where the defender in a civil partnership action seeks–

(a)to oppose any crave in the initial writ;

(b)to make a claim for–

(i)aliment;

(ii)an order for financial provision within the meaning of section 8(3) of the Act of 1985; or

(iii)a section 11 order; or

(c)an order–

(i)under section 16(1)(b) or (3) of the Act of 1985 F2 (setting aside or varying agreement as to financial provision);

(ii)under section 18 of the Act of 1985 (which relates to avoidance transactions); or

(iii)under Chapter 3 or Chapter 4 of Part 3 or section 127 of the Act of 2004; or

(d)to challenge the jurisdiction of the court.

(2)In an action to which this rule applies, the defender shall–

(a)lodge a notice of intention to defend in Form CP16 before the expiry of the period of notice; and

(b)make any claim or seek any order referred to in paragraph (1), as the case may be, in those defences by setting out in his defences–

(i)craves;

(ii)averments in the answers to the condescendence in support of those craves; and

(iii)appropriate pleas-in-law.

(3)Where a defender intends to make an application for a section 11 order which, had it been made in an initial writ, would have required a warrant for intimation under rule 33A.7, the defender shall include a crave in his notice of intention to defend for a warrant for intimation or to dispense with such intimation; and rule 33A.7 shall, with the necessary modifications, apply to a crave for a warrant under this paragraph as it applies to a crave for a warrant under that rule.