{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-civil-partners-england-regulations-2005/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-civil-partners-england-regulations-2005/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/2866",
  "legislation_title": "The Council Tax (Civil Partners) (England) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-civil-partners-england-regulations-2005",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Council Tax (Prescribed Classes of Dwellings) (England) Regulations 2003",
  "text": "(1) The Council Tax (Prescribed Classes of Dwellings) (England) Regulations 2003 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).\n(2) In paragraph 1 of the Schedule for the words “by reason of the spouse's” substitute “or civil partner by reason of that person's”.\n(3) In sub-paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) of paragraph 2 of the Schedule and in paragraph 2A of the Schedule, after “spouse” insert “or civil partner”.\n(4) In paragraph 3 of the Schedule add at the end—\n“; and\nreferences to the civil partner of a person shall be taken to include references to a person of the same sex who is living with the other as if he were that person’s civil partner.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2003/3011; relevant amendments were made by the Council Tax (Prescribed Classes of Dwellings) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2004 S.I. 2004/926 and by the Council Tax (Prescribed Classes of Dwellings) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2005 S.I. 2005/416."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2866/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:48:47.429403+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."
}