
1 
This Order may be cited as the Family Law Act 1996 (Commencement) (No. 3) Order 1998.
2 
In this Order:
 “the Act” means the Family Law Act 1996;
 “the 1973 Act” means the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973;
3 
Paragraph 16(5)(a), (6)(b) and (7) of Schedule 8 to the Act shall come into force on 1st November 1998.
4 
Until such time as Schedule 2 to the Act comes into force, section 31(7A) to (7F) of the 1973 Act shall be modified as follows:
(a) in section 31(7D), for “Subsections (7) and (8) of section 22A” there shall be substituted “Section 23(6)”, and for “section 22A” there shall be substituted “section 23”;
(b) in section 31(7F), for “section 23A” there shall be substituted “section 24”.
Irvine of Lairg, C.
Dated 19th October 1998