SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 8Housing and tenancies

Housing Act 1996 (c. 52)

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1

Amend sections 62 and 140 (meaning of “member of a person’s family” in Part 1 and in Chapter 1 of Part 5) as follows.

2

In subsection (1)(a)—

a

after “spouse” insert “ or civil partner ”, and

b

after “live together as husband and wife” insert “ or as if they were civil partners ”.

3

In subsection (2)(a), after “a relationship by marriage” insert “ or civil partnership ”.