Part VConduct of tenants

Chapter IIRepossession, &c.: secure and assured tenancies

Secure tenancies

145New ground of domestic violence: secure tenancies

After Ground 2 in Schedule 2 to the [1985 c. 68.] Housing Act 1985 (as substituted by section 144) insert—

Ground 2A

The dwelling-house was occupied (whether alone or with others) by a married couple or a couple living together as husband and wife and—

a

one or both of the partners is a tenant of the dwelling-house,

b

one partner has left because of violence or threats of violence by the other towards—

i

that partner, or

ii

a member of the family of that partner who was residing with that partner immediately before the partner left, and

c

the court is satisfied that the partner who has left is unlikely to return.