SCHEDULE 8Housing and tenancies
Housing Act 1988 (c. 50)
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(1)
Amend Schedule 2 (assured tenancies: grounds for possession) as follows.
(2)
In Part 1 (cases where court must order possession), in paragraph (b) of Ground 1 (landlord previously resident or requiring premises as residence for himself or his spouse), for “his or his spouse's” substitute “
his, his spouse’s or his civil partner's
”
.
(3)
In Part 2 (cases where court may order possession), in Ground 14A (violence by member of a couple)—
(a)
for “a married couple or” substitute “
a married couple, a couple who are civil partners of each other,
”
and
(b)
after “as husband or wife” insert “
or a couple living together as if they were civil partners
”
.