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Civil Partnership Act 2004

Civil Partnership Act 2004

2004 CHAPTER 33

Commentary on Sections

Part 2 – Civil Partnership: England and Wales.Introduction

Chapter 6 – Miscellaneous
Section 82: Family homes and domestic violence

165.This section introduces Schedule 9, which amends Part 4 of the Family Law Act 1996 and related enactments so that they apply in relation to civil partnerships as they apply in relation to marriages. The amendments will mean that civil partners have the same rights to occupy the civil partnership home as married persons have to occupy the matrimonial home. In addition civil partners will be able to apply for non-molestation orders and occupation orders. Occupation orders are orders regulating occupation of the home. An occupation order might, for example, exclude the respondent from the home and vicinity of the home or prohibit, terminate or restrict the exercise of the respondent’s occupation rights.

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