SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 9Family homes and domestic violence
Part 2Consequential amendments
Housing Act 1988 (c. 50)
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1
Amend section 9 (extended discretion of court in possession claims) as follows.
2
In subsection (5)—
a
for “tenant’s spouse or former spouse, having matrimonial home rights” substitute “
tenant’s spouse or former spouse, or civil partner or former civil partner, having home rights
”
,
b
after “the spouse or former spouse” insert “
, or the civil partner or former civil partner
”
, and
c
for “those matrimonial home rights” substitute “
those home rights
”
.
3
In subsection (5A)—
a
for “former spouse of the tenant” substitute “
former spouse or former civil partner of the tenant
”
,
b
for “cohabitant, former cohabitant or former spouse”
(in both places) substitute “
former spouse, former civil partner, cohabitant or former cohabitant
”
.