SCHEDULE 28Consequential amendments: Scotland
Part 4Miscellaneous amendments
Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 (asp 10)
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In section 31(c) (effect of work on rent)—
(a)
after “spouse” insert “
or civil partner
”
, and
(b)
for “husband and wife except that the persons are of the same sex” substitute “
civil partners
”
.
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(1)
Amend section 108 (meaning of “family” etc.) as follows.
(2)
In subsection (1)(a), after “spouse” insert “
or civil partner
”
.
(3)
In subsection (2)(a), after “marriage” insert “
or by virtue of civil partnership
”
.
65
(1)
Amend Schedule 2 (grounds for recovery of possession of house) as follows.
(2)
In paragraph 5—
(a)
in sub-paragraph (a), after “spouse” insert “
or civil partner
”
, and
(b)
in sub-paragraph (b), for “husband and wife except that the persons are of the same sex” substitute “
civil partners
”
.
(3)
In paragraph 15—
(a)
in sub-paragraph (a), for “(or former spouse)” substitute “
or civil partner (or former spouse or former civil partner)
”
, and
(b)
in sub-paragraph (b), for “husband and wife except that the persons are of the same sex” substitute “
civil partners
”
.
66
In Schedule 3 (succession: qualified persons), in paragraph 2(1)(a)—
(a)
in sub-head (i), after “spouse” insert “
or civil partner
”
, and
(b)
in sub-head (ii), for “husband and wife except that the persons are of the same sex” substitute “
civil partners
”
.