11(1)Amend Article 3 (meaning of a person’s family) as follows.N.I.
(2)In paragraph (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 paragraph (2)(a), after “a relationship by marriage” insert “ or civil partnership ”.
12N.I.In Article 13 (persons qualified to succeed tenant under an introductory tenancy), in paragraph (a), after “spouse” insert “ or civil partner ”.
13N.I.Article 14 (cases where tenant is a successor), in paragraph (2), after sub-paragraph (c) insert—
“(d)Part 2 of Schedule 15, or paragraph 9(2) or (3) of Schedule 17, to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (property adjustment orders in connection with civil partnership proceedings or after overseas dissolution of civil partnership, etc.),”.
14(1)Amend Article 15 (persons qualified to succeed tenant under an introductory tenancy) as follows.N.I.
(2)In paragraph (2)(a), after “spouse” insert “ or civil partner ”.
(3)In paragraph (3)(a), after head (iv) insert—
“(v)Part 2 of Schedule 15, or paragraph 9(2) or (3) of Schedule 17, to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (property adjustment orders in connection with civil partnership proceedings or after overseas dissolution of civil partnership, etc.),”.
15N.I.Article 16 (assignment in general prohibited), in paragraph (2)(a), after head (iv) insert—
“(v)Part 2 of Schedule 15, or paragraph 9(2) or (3) of Schedule 17, to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (property adjustment orders in connection with civil partnership proceedings or after overseas dissolution of civil partnership, etc.),”.
16N.I.In Article 28 (interpretation of Part 3), in the definition of “partner”—
(a)after “spouse” (in both places) insert “ or civil partner ”, and
(b)after “husband or wife” insert “ or as if they were civil partners ”.