SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 18Housing and tenancies: Northern Ireland
Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1983 (S.I. 1983/1118 (N.I. 15))
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(1)
Amend Article 26 (succession on death of tenant) as follows.
(2)
In paragraph (2)(a), after “spouse” insert “
or civil partner
”
.
(3)
In paragraph (3)(a), after “spouse” insert “
or civil partner
”
.
(4)
In paragraph (4), for “paragraph (4A)” substitute “
paragraphs (4A) and (4B)
”
.
(5)
After paragraph (4A) insert—
“(4B)
A tenant to whom the tenancy was assigned in pursuance of an order under any of the following provisions of the Civil Partnership Act 2004—
(a)
Part 2 of Schedule 15; or
(b)
paragraph 9(2) or (3) of Schedule 17,
is a successor only if the other civil partner was a successor.”