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The Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019

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Housing Act 1988U.K.

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12.—(1) The Housing Act 1988(1) is amended as follows.

(2) In section 17(2)—

(a)for subsection (4) substitute—

(4) For the purposes of this section, a person who was living with the tenant as if they were a married couple or civil partners is to be treated as the tenant’s spouse or civil partner.;

(b)in subsection (5), for the words from “, or if that person” to the end substitute “or civil partner”.

(3) In Part 2 of Schedule 2, in Ground 14A(3)—

(a)omit “, a couple living together as husband and wife”;

(b)after “as if they were” insert “a married couple or”.

(4) In paragraph 3 of Schedule 3, for sub-paragraph (5) substitute—

(5) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)(a) above, a person who, immediately before the previous qualifying occupier’s death, was living together with the previous occupier as if they were a married couple or civil partners shall be treated as the widow, widower or surviving civil partner of the previous occupier..

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 3 para. 12 in force at 2.12.2019, see reg. 1(2)

(2)

Relevant amendments were made to section 17(4) and (5) by the Civil Partnership Act 2004, Schedule 8, paragraph 41 and by S.I. 2014/560.

(3)

Ground 14A was added by the Housing Act 1996, section 149. Relevant amendments were made by the Civil Partnership Act 2004, Schedule 8, paragraph 43.

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