You are looking at a law called the Family Proceedings Act 1980. This law has a part about orders for homes where married people live. It was repealed, which means it is no longer a law, from 1 March 1983.

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177: Interim non-molestation orders, or

"A law to stop people hurting each other, now no longer in use."

179: Orders in respect of matrimonial homes and tenancies where parties living apart, or

"Rules about homes when couples live apart"

Part 11Miscellaneous provisions

178Orders in respect of matrimonial homes and tenancies (Repealed)

Notes

Section 178: repealed, on 1 March 1983, by section 42 of the Domestic Protection Act 1982 (1982 No 120).