Section 17 — Property (Relationships) Act 1976: Sustenance of separate property

17 Sustenance of separate property (1) This section applies if the separate property of 1 spouse or partner ( party A ) has been sustained by— (a) the application of relationship property; or (b) the actions of the other spouse or partner ( party B ). (2) If this section applies, the Court may— (a) increase the share to which party B would otherwise be entitled in the relationship property; or (b) order party A to pay party B a sum of money as compensation. (3) This section overrides sections 11 to 14A . Sections 11 to 18, and the headings before sections 11 and 15, were repealed, and a new Part 4 (comprising sections 11 to 18C) was inserted, as from 1 February 2002, by section 17 Property (Relationships) Amendment Act 2001 (2001 No 5).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.