Section 37 — Property (Relationships) Act 1976: Persons entitled to be heard

37 Persons entitled to be heard (1) Before any order is made under this Act, such notice as the Court directs shall be given to any person having an interest in the property which would be affected by the order, and any such person shall be entitled to appear and to be heard in the matter as a party to the application. (2) In proceedings commenced after the death of 1 of the spouses or partners, this section is modified by section 92 . Compare: 1963 No 72 s 7(1) Subsection (2) was inserted, as from 1 February 2002, by section 40 Property (Relationships) Amendment Act 2001 (2001 No 5). See Part 9 of this Act as to the transitional and saving provisions. Subsection (2) was amended, as from 26 April 2005, by section 3(1) Property (Relationships) Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 19) by substituting the word “ partners ” for the words “ de facto partners ” .