Commentary on provisions of the Act Schedule: Minor and consequential amendments Part 3: Amendments to other Acts
Paragraphs 43 to 60 make amendments to references in a number of Acts to decrees of divorce, judicial separation or nullity, and decrees nisi or absolute, which therefore require minor and consequential changes to reflect the changes in sections 1 and 2 of the Act to refer to divorce orders, judicial separation orders and nullity orders and in some cases to refer to conditional orders or final orders rather than decrees nisi or absolute. These provisions also contain amendments to ensure that references to decrees, which will now be changed to orders, can still be read as including decrees if these were granted before the coming into force of the relevant provisions of this Act.
	Paragraphs 43 to 57 and 59 extend and apply to England and Wales, but for paragraph 59 which applies to Wales only. Paragraphs 47, 49, 51(4), 51(5) and 53 to 57 also extend to Scotland and Northern Ireland. Paragraph 58 extends and applies to Scotland only. Paragraph 60 extends and applies to Northern Ireland only. Whilst these amendments extend beyond England and Wales, they strictly amend references to divorce, judicial separation and/or nullity decrees from, or such proceedings in, the courts of England and Wales. In other words, even where the provision being amended extends and applies to Scotland or Northern Ireland or applies to Wales only, the amendments are strictly to the references to decrees from and/or proceedings in England and Wales.