SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 8Housing and tenancies

Housing Act 1988 (c. 50)

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1

Amend Schedule 2 (assured tenancies: grounds for possession) as follows.

2

In Part 1 (cases where court must order possession), in paragraph (b) of Ground 1 (landlord previously resident or requiring premises as residence for himself or his spouse), for “his or his spouse's” substitute “ his, his spouse’s or his civil partner's ”.

3

In Part 2 (cases where court may order possession), in Ground 14A (violence by member of a couple)—

a

for “a married couple or” substitute “ a married couple, a couple who are civil partners of each other, ” and

b

after “as husband or wife” insert “ or a couple living together as if they were civil partners ”.