{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-act-2004/schedule-19/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-act-2004/schedule-19/paragraph-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2004/33",
  "legislation_title": "Civil Partnership Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-act-2004",
  "path": "schedule/19/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Amend Article 5 (effect of matrimonial home rights as charge on dwelling-house) as follows.\n(2) In paragraph (1), for “marriage, one spouse” substitute “ marriage or civil partnership, A ”.\n(3) In paragraph (2), for “The other spouse’s matrimonial home rights” substitute “ B’s home rights ”.\n(4) In paragraph (3)—\n(a) in sub-paragraph (a), for “the spouse so entitled” substitute “ A ”, and\n(b) in sub-paragraph (b), after “marriage” insert “ or of the formation of the civil partnership ”.\n(5) In paragraph (4)—\n(a) for “a spouse’s matrimonial home rights” substitute “ B’s home rights ”,\n(b) for “the other spouse” substitute “ A ”, and\n(c) for “either of the spouses” substitute “ A or B ”.\n(6) In paragraph (5), for “the other spouse” substitute “ A ”.\n(7) In paragraph (6), for “the spouses” substitute “ A and B ”.\n(8) In paragraph (7)—\n(a) for “a spouse’s matrimonial home rights” substitute “ B’s home rights ”,\n(b) in sub-paragraph (a), for “the other spouse” substitute “ A ”, and\n(c) in sub-paragraph (b), after “marriage” insert “ or civil partnership ”.\n(9) In paragraph (8)—\n(a) in sub-paragraph (a), for “a spouse’s matrimonial home rights” substitute “ B’s home rights ”, and\n(b) for “the other spouse” (in both places) substitute “ A ”.\n(10) In the heading to Article 5, for “matrimonial home rights” substitute “ home rights ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/33/schedule/19/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:16:53.191982+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}