2E+WA period qualifies under this paragraph if it is a period during which, before the relevant time—
(a)the secure tenant, or
(b)his spouse [F1or civil partner](if they are living together at the relevant time), or
(c)a deceased spouse [F2, or deceased civil partner,] of his (if they were living together at the time of the death),
was a public sector tenant or was the spouse [F1or civil partner]of a public sector tenant and occupied as his only or principal home the dwelling-house of which the spouse [F1or civil partner] was such a tenant.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 4 para. 2 inserted by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 34), ss. 81, 263(2), Sch. 8 para. 34(b); S.I. 2005/3175, art. 2(1)
F2Words in Sch. 4 para. 2(c) inserted (5.12.2005 by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), ss. 81, 263(2), Sch. 8 para. 34(a); S.I. 2005/3175, art. 2(1)