# Civil Partnership Act 2004, Paragraph 23

Extent: E+W

(1) Amend section 9 (extended discretion of court in possession claims) as follows.
(2) In subsection (5)—
(a) for “tenant’s spouse or former spouse, having matrimonial home rights” substitute “ tenant’s spouse or former spouse, or civil partner or former civil partner, having home rights ”,
(b) after “the spouse or former spouse” insert “ , or the civil partner or former civil partner ”, and
(c) for “those matrimonial home rights” substitute “ those home rights ”.
(3) In subsection (5A)—
(a) for “former spouse of the tenant” substitute “ former spouse or former civil partner of the tenant ”,
(b) for “cohabitant, former cohabitant or former spouse” (in both places) substitute “ former spouse, former civil partner, cohabitant or former cohabitant ”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/33/schedule/9/paragraph/23 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-act-2004/schedule-9/paragraph-23
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