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Section 163: Intervention by the Crown Solicitor

Civil Partnership Act 2004 · 2004 c. 33View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 4: Civil partnership: Northern Ireland — Chapter 2: Dissolution, nullity and other proceedings

This section applies if an application has been made for a dissolution order or nullity order.

The court may, if it thinks fit, direct that all necessary papers in the matter are to be sent to the Crown Solicitor who must under the directions of the Attorney General instruct counsel to argue before the court any question in relation to the matter which the court considers it necessary or expedient to have fully argued.

If any person at any time—

during the progress of the proceedings, or
before the conditional order is made final,

gives information to the Crown Solicitor on any matter material to the due decision of the case, the Crown Solicitor may take such steps as the Attorney General considers necessary or expedient.

If the Crown Solicitor intervenes or shows cause against the making of the conditional order in any proceedings relating to its making, the court may make such order as may be just as to—

the payment by other parties to the proceedings of the costs incurred by him in doing so, or
the payment by the Crown Solicitor of any costs incurred by any of those parties because of his doing so.

In this Chapter—

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