SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 8 E+W Housing and tenancies

Housing Act 1996 (c. 52) E+W

51 (1) Amend sections 62 and 140 (meaning of “member of a person’s family” in Part 1 and in Chapter 1 of Part 5) as follows. E+W

(2) In subsection (1)(a)—

(a) after “spouse” insert “ or civil partner ”, and

(b) after “live together as husband and wife” insert “ or as if they were civil partners ”.

(3) In subsection (2)(a), after “a relationship by marriage” insert “ or civil partnership ”.