Section 21T — Property (Relationships) Act 1976: Agreements made under this Part before 1 February 2002, where marriage or de facto relationship ends before that date

21T Agreements made under this Part before 1 February 2002, where marriage or de facto relationship ends before that date (1) This section applies to any agreement made under section 21 if— (a) the agreement is made, on or after 1 August 2001 and before 1 February 2002, by 2 de facto partners, or by any 2 persons in contemplation of entering into a de facto relationship; and (b) the agreement is made with respect to the status, ownership, or division of their property— (i) during the joint lives of the de facto partners: (ii) when 1 of them dies; and (c) the de facto relationship ends before 1 February 2002. (2) This section also applies to any agreement made under section 21 if— (a) the agreement is made, on or after 1 August 2001 and before 1 February 2002, by a husband and wife, or by any 2 persons in contemplation of marriage; and (b) the agreement is made with respect to, or to the extent that it is made with respect to, the status, ownership, or division of their property when 1 of them dies; and (c) 1 of the spouses dies before 1 February 2002. (3) The following agreements, to the extent that the agreements were valid and would have been enforceable before 1 August 2001, have effect as if this Act had not been passed: (a) an agreement to which subsection (1) applies: (b) an agreement to which subsection (2) applies, or to the extent that subsection (2) applies. (4) This section is subject to section 47 . 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.