Section 26A — Property (Relationships) Act 1976: Postponement of sharing

26A Postponement of sharing (1) On the division of relationship property under this Act, the Court may make an order postponing the vesting of any share in the relationship property, either wholly or in part, until a specified future date or until the occurrence of a specified event if the Court is satisfied that immediate vesting would cause undue hardship for a spouse or partner who is the principal provider of ongoing daily care for 1 or more minor or dependent children of the marriage, civil union, or de facto relationship. (2) The Court may order postponement of vesting under this section only for as long as necessary, and only to the extent necessary, to alleviate the undue hardship. (3) Nothing in this section limits section 33 . Section 26A was inserted, as from 1 February 2002, by section 25 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 ” . Subsection (1) was amended, as from 26 April 2005, by section 3(4) Property (Relationships) Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 19) by substituting the words “ , civil union, or de facto relationship ” for the words “ or, as the case requires, for 1 or more minor or dependent children of the de facto relationship ” .