GENERAL

  Application of ss._5—8 70.70.(1) Sections 5 to 8 apply unless,

 
      (a) an application under section 4 of the Family Law Reform Act, being chapter 152 of the Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1980 was adjudicated or settled before the 4th day of June, 1985; or
 
      (b) the first spouse's death occurred before the 1st day of March, 1986.

 
  Application of Part II 70.(2) Part II (Matrimonial Home) applies unless a proceeding under Part III of the Family Law Reform Act, being chapter 152 of the Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1980 to determine the rights between spouses in respect of the property concerned was adjudicated or settled before the 4th day of June, 1985.

 
  Interpretation of existing contracts 70.(3) A separation agreement or marriage contract that was validly made before the 1st day of March, 1986 and that excludes a spouse's property from the application of sections 4 and 8 of the Family Law Reform Act, being chapter 152 of the Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1980,

 
      (a) shall be deemed to exclude that property from the application of Section 5 of this Act; and
 
      (b) shall be read with necessary modifications. R.S.O. 1990, c._F.3, s._70.