2)The validity of an overseas divorce, annulment or legal separation obtained otherwise than by means of proceedings shall be recognised if—
(a)the divorce, annulment or legal separation is effective under the law of the country in which it was obtained;
(b)at the relevant date—
(i)each party to the marriage was domiciled in that country; or
(ii)either party to the marriage was domiciled in that country and the other party was domiciled in a country under whose law the divorce, annulment or legal separation is recognised as valid; and
(c)neither party to the marriage was habitually resident in the United Kingdom throughout the period of one year immediately preceding that date.