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9Amendment of definition of “matrimonial home”S

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In section 22 of the 1981 Act (interpretation) (which shall become subsection (1) of that section)—

(a)in the definition of “matrimonial home”—

(i)after “means” there shall be inserted “ subject to subsection (2), ”; and

(ii)for the words “one spouse for that” there shall be substituted “ a person for one ”; and

(b)at the end there shall be inserted—

(2)If—

(a)the tenancy of a matrimonial home is transferred from one spouse to the other by agreement or under any enactment; and

(b)following the transfer, the spouse to whom the tenancy was transferred occupies the home but the other spouse does not,

the home shall, on such transfer, cease to be a matrimonial home..

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I1S. 9 in force at 4.5.2006 by S.S.I. 2006/212, art. 2

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