Order 54A
Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 : S.I. No. 17 Of 2016
ORDER 54A: OTHER PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE CIVIL PARTNERSHIP AND CERTAIN RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF COHABITANTS ACT 2010[1]
Definitions
1. In this Order—
“the Act” means the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 (No. 24 of 2010).
Venue
2.(1) Proceedings under the Act may be brought, heard and determined at any sitting of the Court for the court area where either party to the proceedings ordinarily resides or carries on any profession, business or occupation.
(2) Where the Clerk, having consulted the Judge for the time being assigned to the district within which such area is situate, certifies on a summons or a notice of application that the proceedings are urgent, the summons or notice may be issued for, and the proceedings may be heard and determined at, any sitting of the Court in that district.
Hearing to be otherwise than in public
3. Proceedings under the Act shall be heard otherwise than in public.

Shared Home Protection
Application under section 34(1) of the Act
4. An application by a civil partner under section 34(1) of the Act for an order prohibiting the other civil partner from disposing of or removing household chattels shall be preceded by the issue and service upon the respondent civil partner of a notice in the Form 60.1 Schedule C, with the necessary modifications. The order of the Court granting the application shall be in the Form 60.2 Schedule C with the necessary modifications, a copy of which shall be served upon the respondent civil partner.
Summons under section 34(3) of the Act
5. Where complaint is made by a civil partner to a Judge under section 34(3) of the Act that the other civil partner has contravened the provisions of section 34(2) of the Act, the summons which may be issued and served upon the other civil partner shall be in the Form 60.5 Schedule C with the necessary modifications. The relevant provisions of Order 15 shall apply in such case.
Application under section 34(4) of the Act
6. An application by a civil partner under section 34(4) of the Act for an order that the respondent civil partner provide household chattels for the applicant civil partner or a sum of money in lieu thereof shall be preceded by the issue and service upon the respondent civil partner of a notice in the Form 60.6 Schedule C with the necessary modifications. The order of the Court granting the application shall be in the Form 60.7 Schedule C with the necessary modifications, a copy of which shall be served upon the respondent civil partner.
Summons under section 39 of the Act
7. Where complaint is made to a Judge under section 39 of the Act that a person knowingly gave information which was false or misleading in any material particular, the summons which may be issued and served upon that person shall be in the Form 60.8 Schedule C with the necessary modifications. The relevant provisions of Order 15 shall apply in such case.
Joinder of parties
8. The provisions of Order 42A (Third Party Procedure) shall, with necessary modifications, apply to the proceedings mentioned in section 34(5) of the Act.
Declaring a conveyance void
9.(1) An application to the Court under section 28(1) of the Act to have a conveyance declared void shall be in the Form 60.9, Schedule C with the necessary modifications.
(2) The order of the Court thereon shall be in the Form 60.10, Schedule C with the necessary modifications.
Lis Pendens
(3) A person who instituted proceedings to have a conveyance declared void by reason of section 28(1) of the Act shall, as soon as may be, cause relevant particulars of the proceedings to be entered as a lis pendens under and in accordance with the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009.
Order dispensing with consent or giving consent
10. (1) An application for an order under section 29(1), section 29(3) or section 29(4) of the Act to dispense with, or as the case may be, to give, the consent required under section 28 of the Act, of a civil partner to the conveyance of the shared home shall be in the Form 54A.3, Schedule C.
(2) Where it is alleged that the civil partner whose consent is required under section 28 of the Act is incapable of consenting, the original certificate in writing by a consultant psychiatrist, within the meaning of the Mental Health Act 2001, shall be annexed to the notice of application lodged with the Clerk. The Court may accept affidavit evidence of the certification, subject to the right of any party contesting the certification to cross-examine.
(3) The order of the Court on such an application shall be in the Form 54A.4, Schedule C.
(4) On granting an application under section 29 of the Act to dispense with or, as the case may be, to give, the consent required under section 28 of the Act, the Court may order pursuant to section 33 of the Trustee Act 1893 that a person be appointed to execute the conveyance of the interest in question and the order of the Court thereon shall be in the Form 60.13, Schedule C with the necessary modifications.
Protection of Shared Home
11.(1) An application to the Court for an order under section 30(1) of the Act for the protection of the shared home in the interest of the applicant civil partner or a dependant child of the civil partners shall be in the Form 60.16, Schedule C with the necessary modifications.
(2) The order of the Court thereon shall be in the Form 60.17, Schedule C with the necessary modifications.
Conduct leading to loss of Shared Home
12.(1) An application to the Court for an order under section 30(2) of the Act to compensate the applicant civil partner or a dependant child of the civil partners for loss of interest in the shared home occasioned by the conduct of the other civil partner shall be in the Form 60.18, Schedule C with the necessary modifications.
(2) The order of the Court thereon shall be in the Form 60.19, Schedule C with the necessary modifications.
Application under section 194
13. An application by a qualified cohabitant for an order under section 194 of the Act shall be preceded by the issue and service upon the legal personal representative of the cohabitant of a summons in the Form 54A.1, Schedule C.

[1] Order 54A substituted in full by S.I. 221of 2025, effective 3 June 2025.