Section 21H — Property (Relationships) Act 1976: Court may give effect to agreement in certain circumstances

21H Court may give effect to agreement in certain circumstances (1) Even though an agreement is void for non-compliance with a requirement of section 21F , the Court may declare that the agreement has effect, wholly or in part or for any particular purpose, if it is satisfied that the non-compliance has not materially prejudiced the interests of any party to the agreement. (2) The Court may make a declaration under this section in the course of any proceedings under this Act, or on application made for the purpose. 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.