18 Repeal of uncommenced provisions of Part 2 of the Family Law Act 1996

18  Repeal of uncommenced provisions of Part 2 of the Family Law Act 1996

(1)     Part 2 of the Family Law Act 1996 (divorce and separation), except section 22 (the only provision of Part 2 which is in force), is repealed.

(2)     In consequence of subsection (1), the following provisions of the Family Law Act 1996 (which relate to provisions of Part 2) are repealed—

(a)     section 1(c) and (d),

(b)     section 63(2)(a),

(c)     section 64(1)(a),

(d)     in section 65(5) the words “to rules made under section 12 or”,

(e)     Part 1 of Schedule 8, except—

(i)     paragraph 16(5)(a), (6)(b) and (7) (which have been brought into force), and

(ii)     paragraphs 4 and 16(1) (which relate to those provisions),

(f)     in Schedule 9, paragraphs 1 and 2 and, in paragraph 4, the definitions of “decree”, “instrument” and “petition”, and

(g)     in Schedule 10, the entries relating to—

(i)     the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973,

(ii)

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