SCHEDULE 3Consequential and related amendments
PART 1Primary legislation
Housing Act 200426
1
The Housing Act 2004132 is amended as follows.
2
In section 141(1)(b), for “husband or wife” substitute “a married couple or civil partners”.
3
In section 142(1)(b), for “husband or wife” substitute “a married couple or civil partners”.
4
In section 258−
a
in subsection (3)(a), for the words from “each other” to the end substitute “, or civil partners of, each other or live together as if they were a married couple or civil partners”;
b
in subsection (4)(a), omit “are married to each other or otherwise”.
5
In section 259(3), in the words after paragraph (b), for “to whom they are or were married” substitute “who are or were their spouses or civil partners”.