Matrimonial Causes Act 1965
Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
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The Matrimonial Causes Act 1965 (c. 72) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments relating to matrimonial causes, maintenance, and declarations of legitimacy and British nationality in England and Wales.[1]
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Provisions
Repealed enactments
Section 45 of the act repealed 12 enactments, listed in schedule 2 to the act.[2]
| Citation | Short title | Extent of repeal |
|---|---|---|
| 49 & 50 Vict. c. 27 | Guardianship of Infants Act 1886 | Section 7. |
| 14 Geo. 6. c. 25 | Matrimonial Causes Act 1950 | The whole act. |
| 4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 46 | Administration of Justice Act 1956 | Section 31(2). |
| 5 & 6 Eliz. 2. c. 35 | Maintenance Agreements Act 1957 | The whole act. |
| 6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. 35 | Matrimonial Causes (Property and Maintenance) Act 1958 | Sections 1 to 6 and the Schedule. |
| 6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. 40 | Matrimonial Proceedings (Children) Act 1958 | The whole act, except sections 17 and 18. In section 17, the words from "and in" onwards. Section 18(4). |
| 6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. 54 | Divorce (Insanity and Desertion) Act 1958 | The whole act. |
| 7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 72 | Mental Health Act 1959 | In Schedule 7, the entry relating to the Matrimonial Causes Act 1950. |
| 7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 73 | Legitimacy Act 1959 | Section 2(6). |
| 8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 61 | Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1960 | In Schedule 4, the entry relating to the Matrimonial Causes Act 1950. |
| 10 & 11 Eliz. 2. c. 21 | Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1962 | In section 20(1), the words from the beginning to "1950 and". |
| 1963 c. 45 | Matrimonial Causes Act 1963 | The whole act. |
Subsequent developments
Most provisions of the act were repealed by section 54(1)(b) of, and schedule 3 to, the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973, which came into force on 1 January 1974.[3] Sections 26 to 28A were subsequently repealed by sections 26 and 27(3) of, and the schedule to, the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975. Section 38 was repealed by the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1976, and words in section 46(4) were repealed by the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1977. Section 42 was repealed by schedule 3 to the Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates' Courts Act 1978, and section 43(1) was repealed by the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984. Section 8(2), which provides that no clergyman of the Church of England or the Church in Wales shall be compelled to solemnise the marriage of a person whose former marriage has been dissolved and whose former spouse is still living, remains in force.
Section 38 of the act was repealed by section 1(1) of, and part I of schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1976, which came into force on 27 May 1976.[4]