Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1983 (S.I. 1983/1118 (N.I. 15))N.I.
5(1)In Article 24 (interpretation), amend paragraph (3) (meaning of member of another’s family) as follows.N.I.
(2)After “spouse” insert “ , civil partner ”.
(3)After “marriage” insert “ or civil partnership ”.
(4)After “live together as husband and wife” insert “ or as if they were civil partners ”.
6(1)Amend Article 26 (succession on death of tenant) as follows.N.I.
(2)In paragraph (2)(a), after “spouse” insert “ or civil partner ”.
(3)In paragraph (3)(a), after “spouse” insert “ or civil partner ”.
(4)In paragraph (4), for “paragraph (4A)” substitute “ paragraphs (4A) and (4B) ”.
(5)After paragraph (4A) insert—
“(4B)A tenant to whom the tenancy was assigned in pursuance of an order under any of the following provisions of the Civil Partnership Act 2004—
(a)Part 2 of Schedule 15; or
(b)paragraph 9(2) or (3) of Schedule 17,
is a successor only if the other civil partner was a successor.”
7N.I.In Article 32 (assignments), in paragraph (1), after sub-paragraph (a) insert—
“(aa)the assignment is made in pursuance of an order made under Part 2 of Schedule 15, or paragraph 9(2) or (3) of Schedule 17, to the Civil Partnership Act 2004; or”.
8N.I.In Article 33 (other disposals), in paragraph (2), after sub-paragraph (a) insert—
“(aa)the vesting or other disposal is in pursuance of an order made under Part 2 of Schedule 15, or paragraph 9(2) or (3) of Schedule 17, to the Civil Partnership Act 2004; or”.
9N.I.In Article 94 (subletting or assignment), in paragraph (2), after “1978” insert “ or Part 2 of Schedule 15, or paragraph 9(2) or (3) of Schedule 17, to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 ”.
10N.I.In Schedule 3 (grounds for possession of dwelling-houses let under secure tenancies), in Ground 2A—
(a)for “a married couple or” substitute “ a married couple, a couple who are civil partners of each other ”, and
(b)after “as husband and wife” insert “ or a couple living together as if they were civil partners ”.