Application of 1981 Act to cohabiting couples of same sex
I134Application of 1981 Act to cohabiting couples of same sex
1
Section 18 of the 1981 Act (occupancy rights of cohabiting couples) shall be amended in accordance with subsections (2) and (3).
2
In subsection (1)—
a
after “wife” there shall be inserted “
or two persons of the same sex are living together as if they were civil partners
”
;
b
after “wife (”, there shall be inserted “
in either case
”
; and
c
for “man and the woman” there shall be substituted “
entitled partner and the non-entitled partner
”
.
3
In subsection (2)—
a
for “a man and a woman” there shall be substituted “
two persons
”
; and
b
in paragraph (b), for the words from “are” to the end of that paragraph there shall be substituted
is any child—
i
of whom they are the parents; or
ii
who they have treated as a child of theirs.