Commentary on provisions of the Act Civil Partnership: dissolution and separation Section 5: Separation: removal of factual grounds
This section amends section 56 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004.
	Subsection (2) amends subsection (1) of section 56 to provide that a separation order may be applied for by either or both of the parties to a civil partnership.
	Subsection (3) inserts new subsection (1A), which sets out that any application for a civil partnership separation order must be accompanied by a statement stating that it is the intention of one or both civil partners to be separated from one another.
	Subsection (4) omits subsection (2) of section 56 (the current provision requiring the court to inquire into facts alleged).
	Subsection (5) restates current subsection (3) of section 56 (to provide that the court must make a separation order (if the requirements are met)).
	Subsection (6) omits subsection (4) of section 56 (which cross-refers to provision elsewhere in the 2004 Act which relates to the facts alleged, and which is repealed by provision in the Schedule to the Act).