Civil Partnership Act 2004

Housing Act 1985 (c. 68)

21 (1) Amend section 88 (cases where secure tenant is a successor) as follows.

(2) In subsection (1)(d), for “(2) and (3)” substitute “(2) to (3)”.

(3) After subsection (2) insert—

“(2A) A tenant to whom the tenancy was assigned in pursuance of an order under Part 2 of Schedule 5, or paragraph 9(2) or (3) of Schedule 7, to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (property adjustment orders in connection with civil partnership proceedings or after overseas dissolution of civil partnership, etc.) is a successor only if the other civil partner was a successor.”