# Civil Partnership Act 2004, Paragraph 49


In Schedule 1A (statutory or statutory assured tenants by succession: certain cases), in paragraph 2—
(a) in sub-paragraph (1), after “spouse” (in both places) insert “ or civil partner ” and after “spouse's” insert “ or civil partner's ”,
(b) in sub-paragraph (2), at the end insert “ and a person who was living with the original tenant in a relationship which had the characteristics of the relationship between civil partners shall be treated as the civil partner of the original tenant ”, and
(c) in sub-paragraph (3), after “couples)” insert “ or under section 101 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 ” and after “spouse” insert “ , or as the case may be as the surviving civil partner, ”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/33/schedule/28/paragraph/49 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-act-2004/schedule-28/paragraph-49
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