Housing Act 1985 (c. 68)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2 E+W Grounds for Possession of Dwelling-Houses Let underSecure Tenancies

Part I E+W Grounds on which Court may Order Possession if it Considers it Reasonable

[F1 Ground 2A] E+W

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 2 Ground 2A and inserted (4.2.1997) by 1996 c. 52, s. 145; S.I. 1997/66, art. 2 (subject to savings in Sch.)

[F2 The dwelling-house was occupied (whether alone or with others) by [F3 a married couple, a couple who are civil partners of each other,] a couple living together as husband and wife [F4 or a couple living together as if they were civil partners] and—

(a) one or both of the partners is a tenant of the dwelling-house,

(b) one partner has left because of violence or threats of violence by the other towards—

(i) that partner, or

(ii) a member of the family of that partner who was residing with that partner immediately before the partner left, and

(c) the court is satisfied that the partner who has left is unlikely to return.]

Textual Amendments

F2 Sch. 2 Ground 2A and cross-heading inserted (4.2.1997) by 1996 c. 52, s. 145; S.I. 1997/66, art. 2 (subject to savings in Sch.)

F3 Sch. 2 Pt. 1: words in Ground 2A substituted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), ss. 81, 263(2), Sch. 8 para. 33(a); S.I. 2005/3175, art. 2(1), Sch.

F4 Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 1 Ground 2A inserted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), ss. 81, 263(2), Sch. 8 para. 33(b); S.I. 2005/3175, art. 2(1), Sch.