SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 19Family homes and domestic violence: Northern Ireland
Part 2Consequential amendments
Rent (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/1050 (N.I. 20))
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1
Amend Article 14 (extended discretion of court in certain proceedings for possession) as follows.
2
In paragraph (4A)(b), for “tenant’s spouse or former spouse, having matrimonial home rights” substitute “
tenant’s spouse or former spouse, or civil partner or former civil partner, having home rights
”
.
3
In paragraph (4B)—
a
after “the spouse or former spouse” insert “
, or the civil partner or former civil partner,
”
, and
b
for “those matrimonial home rights” substitute “
those home rights
”
.
4
In paragraph (4C)—
a
in sub-paragraph (b), for “former spouse of the tenant” substitute “
former spouse or former civil partner of the tenant
”
, and
b
in sub-paragraph (c) after “former spouse,” insert “
former civil partner,
”
.
5
In paragraph (4D), after “former spouse,” insert “
former civil partner,
”
.