SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 28Consequential amendments: Scotland

Part 4Miscellaneous amendments

Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 (asp 10)

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1

Amend Schedule 2 (grounds for recovery of possession of house) as follows.

2

In paragraph 5—

a

in sub-paragraph (a), after “spouse” insert “ or civil partner ”, and

b

in sub-paragraph (b), for “husband and wife except that the persons are of the same sex” substitute “ civil partners ”.

3

In paragraph 15—

a

in sub-paragraph (a), for “(or former spouse)” substitute “ or civil partner (or former spouse or former civil partner) ”, and

b

in sub-paragraph (b), for “husband and wife except that the persons are of the same sex” substitute “ civil partners ”.