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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-exempt-dwellings-amendment-england-order-2005/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-exempt-dwellings-amendment-england-order-2005/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/2865",
  "legislation_title": "The Council Tax (Exempt Dwellings) (Amendment) (England) Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-exempt-dwellings-amendment-england-order-2005",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Council Tax (Exempt Dwellings) Order 1992",
  "text": "(1) The Council Tax (Exempt Dwellings) Order 1992 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).\n(2) In paragraph (5) of article 2—\n(a) in sub-paragraph (a), after the word “spouse” insert “or civil partner”;\n(b) in sub-paragraph (i), after the word “marriage” insert “or civil partnership”;\n(c) in sub-paragraph (ii) after the word “marriage” insert “and a relationship between two persons of the same sex living together as if they were civil partners shall be treated as a relationship by civil partnership”; and\n(d) after sub-paragraph (iii) add—\n“(iv) the child of the civil partner of a person (here (“A”)), shall be treated as A’s child;”.\n(3) In article 3—\n(a) in Class E substitute for paragraph (a)—\n“(a) has his sole or main residence elsewhere in the circumstances specified in paragraphs 6 or 7 of Schedule 1 to the Act or in accommodation provided in Scotland by a care home service within the meaning of section 2(3) of the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001; and”.\n(b) in Class N, in paragraph (ii) of sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (2)—\n(i) after the word “spouse” insert “, civil partner” ; and\n(ii) substitute “each” for the word “either”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1992/558; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1993/150, 1994/539, 1997/656, 1998/291."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33) amends Schedule 1 to the Interpretation Act 1978 to insert a definition of civil partnership see paragraph 59 of Schedule 27 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004. A “civil partnership” means a civil partnership which exists under or by virtue of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (and any reference to a civil partner is to be read accordingly)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "2001 asp 8."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2865/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:48:48.321362+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."
}