{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-act-2004/schedule-8/paragraph-39",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-act-2004/schedule-8/paragraph-39.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2004/33",
  "legislation_title": "Civil Partnership Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-act-2004",
  "path": "schedule/8/paragraph/39",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "39",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Amend Schedule 6 (eligibility to apply for new tenancy under Part 4) as follows.\n(2) In paragraph 1(2) (control of body corporate by deceased’s close relative)—\n(a) after “or his spouse” insert “ or his civil partner ”, and\n(b) after “together” insert “ or he and his civil partner together ”.\n(3) In paragraph 1 (preliminary), after sub-paragraph (3) insert—\n“(4) Any reference in this Schedule to the civil partner of a close relative of the deceased does not apply in relation to any time when the relative’s civil partnership is subject to—\n(a) a separation order under Chapter 2 of Part 2 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004, or\n(b) a dissolution order, nullity order or presumption of death order that is a conditional order under that Chapter.”\n(4) In paragraph 6(2) (no disregard of occupation by relative under tenancy granted by his spouse), after “spouse” insert “ or civil partner ”.\n(5) In paragraph 9(1)(a) (occupation by spouse of relative treated as occupation by relative), after “spouse” insert “ , or civil partner, ”.\n(6) In paragraph 9(2) (cases involving joint occupation by spouse, or controlled body, and another)—\n(a) for the words from “joint occupation of land” to “sub-paragraphs” substitute\n“joint occupation of land by—\n(a) his spouse or civil partner or a body corporate, and\n(b) any other person or persons,\nsub-paragraphs ”, and\n(b) after “spouse” (in the second place) insert “ or civil partner, ”.\n(7) In paragraph 10(3)(a) (meaning of “connected person”), after “spouse” insert “ or civil partner ”.\n(8) In the italic heading before each of paragraphs 9 and 10, after “spouse” insert “ , civil partner ”.",
  "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/8/paragraph/39",
    "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."
}