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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 8E+WHousing and tenancies

Housing Act 1996 (c. 52)E+W

51(1)Amend sections 62 and 140 (meaning of “member of a person’s family” in Part 1 and in Chapter 1 of Part 5) as follows.E+W

(2)In subsection (1)(a)—

(a)after “spouse” insert “ or civil partner ”, and

(b)after “live together as husband and wife” insert “ or as if they were civil partners ”.

(3)In subsection (2)(a), after “a relationship by marriage” insert “ or civil partnership ”.