# Civil Partnership Act 2004, Paragraph 2


(1) Amend section 31 (effect of matrimonial home rights as charge on dwelling-house) as follows.
(2) In subsection (1) for “marriage, one spouse” substitute “ marriage or civil partnership, A ”.
(3) In subsection (2) for “The other spouse’s matrimonial home rights” substitute “ B’s home rights ”.
(4) In subsection (3)—
(a) in paragraph (a), for “the spouse so entitled” substitute “ A ”, and
(b) in paragraph (b), after “marriage” insert “ or of the formation of the civil partnership ”.
(5) In subsection (4)—
(a) for “a spouse’s matrimonial home rights” substitute “ B’s home rights ”,
(b) for “the other spouse” substitute “ A ”, and
(c) for “either of the spouses” substitute “ A or B ”.
(6) In subsection (5) for “the other spouse” substitute “ A ”.
(7) In subsection (7) for “the spouses” substitute “ A and B ”.
(8) In subsection (8)—
(a) for “a spouse’s matrimonial home rights” substitute “ B’s home rights ”,
(b) in paragraph (a), for “the other spouse” substitute “ A ”, and
(c) in paragraph (b), after “marriage” insert “ or civil partnership ”.
(9) In subsection (9)—
(a) in paragraph (a), for “a spouse’s matrimonial home rights” substitute “ B’s home rights ”, and
(b) for “the other spouse” (in both places) substitute “ A ”.
(10) In subsection (10)—
(a) for “a spouse” and for “that spouse” substitute “ A ”, and
(b) in paragraph (b), for “a spouse’s matrimonial home rights” substitute “ B’s home rights ”.
(11) For subsection (12)(a) substitute—
“(a) B’s home rights are a charge on the estate of A or of trustees of A, and”.
(12) In the heading to section 31, for “matrimonial home rights” substitute “ home rights ”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/33/schedule/9/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-act-2004/schedule-9/paragraph-2
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