The Marriage (Same-sex Couples) and Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2019 No. 1514

PART 9 N.I. Amendments: Other Primary Legislation

Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 N.I.

145.—(1) The Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 2003(1) is amended as follows.

(2) In Article 14(2) (cases where the beneficiary of an order for the transfer of property on the end of a marriage or civil partnership may succeed to a tenancy), after “marriage” insert “or civil partnership”.

(3) In Article 61(6) (renovation or disabled facilities grant applications: financial position of the applicant’s spouse or dependent or a person living, or intending to live, with the applicant), after “spouse” insert “or civil partner”.

(4) In Article 85(2)(a)(ii) (conditions for obtaining certain grants: disposals to spouse or former spouse to be an exempt disposal), after “spouse”, in each place it occurs, insert “or civil partner”.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 145 in force at 13.1.2020, see reg. 1(2)

(1)

S.I. 2003/412 (N.I. 2). In Article 14(2), sub-paragraph (d) was inserted by paragraph 13 of Schedule 18 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004.