Civil Partnership Act 2004

Rent (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 58)

49 In Schedule 1A (statutory or statutory assured tenants by succession: certain cases), in paragraph 2—

(a) in sub-paragraph (1), after “spouse” (in both places) insert “or civil partner” and after “spouse's” insert “or civil partner's”,

(b) in sub-paragraph (2), at the end insert “and a person who was living with the original tenant in a relationship which had the characteristics of the relationship between civil partners shall be treated as the civil partner of the original tenant”, and

(c) in sub-paragraph (3), after “couples)” insert “or under section 101 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004” and after “spouse” insert “, or as the case may be as the surviving civil partner,”.