{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-act-2004/schedule-8/paragraph-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-act-2004/schedule-8/paragraph-9.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2004/33",
  "legislation_title": "Civil Partnership Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-act-2004",
  "path": "schedule/8/paragraph/9",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Amend section 3 (protected occupiers by succession) as follows.\n(2) For subsection (2) (succession by surviving spouse) substitute—\n“(2) Where the original occupier was a person who died leaving a surviving partner who was residing in the dwelling-house immediately before the original occupier’s death then, after the original occupier’s death, if the surviving partner has, in relation to the dwelling-house, a relevant licence or tenancy, the surviving partner shall be a protected occupier of the dwelling-house.”\n(3) In subsection (3) (succession by other family members)—\n(a) for “surviving spouse” substitute “ surviving partner ”,\n(b) for “his” (in each place) substitute “ the original occupier's ”, and\n(c) for “him” substitute “ the original occupier ”.\n(4) After subsection (3) insert—\n“(3A) In subsections (2) and (3) above “surviving partner” means surviving spouse or surviving 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/9",
    "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."
}