Section 11A — Property (Relationships) Act 1976: Where family home sold

11A Where family home sold (1) If the family home has been sold, each spouse or partner is entitled to share equally in the proceeds of the sale as if they were the family home, if the following conditions are satisfied: (a) either spouse or partner or both of them have sold the family home with the intention of applying all or part of the proceeds of the sale towards the acquisition of another home as a family home: (b) that home has not been acquired: (c) at the date of the application to the Court, not more than 2 years have elapsed since the date when those proceeds were received or became payable, whichever is the later. (2) This section is subject to sections 12 to 17A . Sections 11 to 18, and the headings before sections 11 and 15, were repealed, and a new Part 4 (comprising sections 11 to 18C) was inserted, as from 1 February 2002, by section 17 Property (Relationships) Amendment Act 2001 (2001 No 5). See Part 9 of this Act as to the transitional and saving provisions. Subsection (1) was amended, as from 26 April 2005, by section 3(2) Property (Relationships) Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 19) by substituting the word “ partner ” for the words “ de facto partner ” in both places they appear.