SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 8Housing and tenancies

Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 (c. 28)

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(1)

Amend section 7 (meaning of “long lease”) as follows.

(2)

In subsection (1)(b) (which refers to section 149(6) of the Law of Property Act 1925), after “terminable after a death or marriage” insert “ or the formation of a civil partnership ”.

(3)

In subsection (2) (exclusion of certain leases terminable by notice after death or marriage)—

(a)

for “a death or marriage” substitute “ a death, a marriage or the formation of a civil partnership ”, and

(b)

in paragraph (a), after “marriage of” insert “ , or the formation of a civil partnership by, ”.