SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 8Housing and tenancies
Housing Act 1996 (c. 52)
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(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.
(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
”
.