Section 21C — Property (Relationships) Act 1976: Court may be asked to approve agreement between surviving spouse or partner and personal representative

21C Court may be asked to approve agreement between surviving spouse or partner and personal representative (1) If a surviving spouse or partner and the personal representative of the deceased spouse or partner intend to make an agreement under section 21B , either or both of them may submit an agreement, in draft, to the Court for approval. (2) If the Court approves the agreement, the agreement has effect in accordance with section 21B . Sections 21A to 21T were inserted, as from 1 August 2001, by section 21(1) Property (Relationships) Amendment Act 2001 (2001 No 5). See section 21(3) of that Act which states that for the purposes of applying Part 6 of the principal Act during the period beginning on 1 August 2001 and ending with the close of 31 January 2002, all terms used in that Part have the meanings given to them in sections 2 to 2D of the principal Act (as substituted by section 8 ) as if section 8 were in force during that period. See Part 9 of this Act as to the transitional and saving provisions. The heading to section 21C 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 ” wherever they appear. 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.