HL Deb 17 May 2004 vol 661 c290GC

52 (1) In this Part "maintenance agreement" means any written agreement between the civil partners in a civil partnership which—

  1. (a) is made during the continuance or after the dissolution or annulment of the civil partnership and contains financial arrangements, or
  2. (b) is a separation agreement which contains no financial arrangements but is made in a case where no other agreement in writing between the civil partners contains financial arrangements.

(2) In this Part "financial arrangements" means provisions governing the rights and liabilities towards one another when living separately of the civil partners in a civil partnership (including a civil partnership which has been dissolved or annulled) in respect of—

  1. (a) the making or securing of payments, or
  2. (b) the disposition or use of any property,
including such rights and liabilities with respect to the maintenance or education of a child (whether or not a child of the family).

(3) "Education" includes training.