SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 28Consequential amendments: Scotland
Part 4Miscellaneous amendments
Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 (c. 43)
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1
Amend section 31 (right of succession of spouse) as follows.
2
In subsection (1), after “spouse”
(in both places) insert “
or civil partner
”
.
3
In subsection (3)(b), after “spouse” insert “
or civil partner
”
.
4
In subsection (4)—
a
the existing words from “as his” to the end become paragraph (a), and
b
after that paragraph insert the following paragraph—
b
in a relationship which had the characteristics of the relationship between civil partners shall be treated as the tenant’s civil partner
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In Part 1 of Schedule 5 (grounds on which sheriff must order possession), in paragraph (b) of ground 1, after “spouse's” insert “
or civil partner's
”
.