# Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004, Section 3: “Cohabitants” in Part 4 of 1996 Act to include same-sex couples


In section 62(1)(a) of the Family Law Act 1996 (definition of “cohabitant” for the purposes of Part 4 of that Act), for the words after “ “cohabitants” are” substitute “ two persons who, although not married to each other, are living together as husband and wife or (if of the same sex) in an equivalent relationship; and ”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/28/section/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-violence-crime-and-victims-act-2004/section-3
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