Rent Act 1977 (c. 42)E+W
13(1)In Part 1 of Schedule 1 (statutory tenants by succession), amend paragraph 2 (succession by surviving spouse) as follows.E+W
(2)In sub-paragraph (1), after “surviving spouse” insert “ , or surviving civil partner, ”.
(3)For sub-paragraph (2) substitute—
“(2)For the purposes of this paragraph—
(a)a person who was living with the original tenant as his or her wife or husband shall be treated as the spouse of the original tenant, and
(b)a person who was living with the original tenant as if they were civil partners shall be treated as the civil partner of the original tenant.”
(4)In sub-paragraph (3), for the words after “the county court” substitute “ shall for the purposes of this paragraph be treated (according to whether that one of them is of the opposite sex to, or of the same sex as, the original tenant) as the surviving spouse or the surviving civil partner. ”
14E+WIn Schedule 15 (grounds for possession), in Case 9 in Part 1 (dwelling required as residence for landlord or member of his family), for “wife or husband” substitute “ spouse or civil partner ”.