Commentary on provisions of the Act Civil Partnership: dissolution and separation Section 3: Dissolution: removal of requirement to establish facts
This section amends section 44 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004.
	Subsection (2) provides for an application to the court for dissolution to be made by either one or both civil partners. Subsection (3) introduces new subsection (1A) of section 44, which provides that an application for dissolution must be accompanied by a statement that the civil partnership has broken down irretrievably, made by either one or both of the applicants.
	Subsection (4) omits subsections (2) and (3) of section 44 (which relate to the facts alleged and are accordingly no longer applicable).
	Subsection (5) replaces subsection (4) of section 44 to provide that the court must take the statement of irretrievable breakdown, made by one or both of the parties to a civil partnership, as conclusive evidence that the civil partnership has broken down irretrievably, and make a dissolution order accordingly.
	Subsection (6) omits subsection (5) of section 44 (which contains the facts that no longer apply).
	Subsection (7) inserts provision that Family Procedure Rules may make provision as to the procedure for a joint application for dissolution to become a sole application.