SCHEDULE 28Consequential amendments: Scotland
Part 4Miscellaneous amendments
Rent (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 58)
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In Schedule 1A (statutory or statutory assured tenants by succession: certain cases), in paragraph 2—
(a)
in sub-paragraph (1), after “spouse”
(in both places) insert “
or civil partner
”
and after “spouse's” insert “
or civil partner's
”
,
(b)
in sub-paragraph (2), at the end insert “
and a person who was living with the original tenant in a relationship which had the characteristics of the relationship between civil partners shall be treated as the civil partner of the original tenant
”
, and
(c)
in sub-paragraph (3), after “couples)” insert “
or under section 101 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004
”
and after “spouse” insert “
, or as the case may be as the surviving civil partner,
”
.