Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 9 E+W Family homes and domestic violence

Part 2 E+W Consequential amendments

Housing Act 1988 (c. 50) E+W

23 (1) Amend section 9 (extended discretion of court in possession claims) as follows. E+W

(2) In subsection (5)—

(a) for “tenant’s spouse or former spouse, having matrimonial home rights” substitute “ tenant’s spouse or former spouse, or civil partner or former civil partner, having home rights ”,

(b) after “the spouse or former spouse” insert “ , or the civil partner or former civil partner ”, and

(c) for “those matrimonial home rights” substitute “ those home rights ”.

(3) In subsection (5A)—

(a) for “former spouse of the tenant” substitute “ former spouse or former civil partner of the tenant ”,

(b) for “cohabitant, former cohabitant or former spouse” (in both places) substitute “ former spouse, former civil partner, cohabitant or former cohabitant ”.