Family Law Act 1996 (c. 27)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 7 E+W Transfer of certain tenancies on divorce etc. or on separation of cohabitants

Part I E+W General

Cases in which the court may make an order E+W

4 E+W The court shall not make a Part II order unless the dwelling-house is or was—

(a) in the case of spouses, a matrimonial home; F1 . . .

[F2 (aa) in the case of civil partners, a civil partnership home; or]

(b) in the case of cohabitants, a home in which they [F3 cohabited].

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in Sch. 7 para. 4(a) repealed (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), ss. 82, 261(4), 263, Sch. 9 para. 16(5), Sch. 30; S.I. 2005/3175, art. 2(1)(6), Sch. 1

F2 Sch. 7 para. 4(aa) inserted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), ss. 82, 263, Sch. 9 para. 16(5); S.I. 2005/3175, art. 2(1), Sch. 1

F3 Words in Sch. 7 para. 4(b) substituted (5.12.2005) by Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (c. 28), ss. 58(1), 60, Sch. 10 para. 42(3); S.I. 2005/3196, art. 2(c)