# The Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019, Paragraph 10: Housing Act 1985


(1) The Housing Act 1985 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 86A (prospectively re-numbered as section 86G)—
(a) for subsection (5) substitute—
“(5) For the purposes of this section, a person who was living with the tenant as if they were a married couple or civil partners is to be treated as the tenant’s spouse or civil partner.”;
(b) in subsection (7), omit the words from “(according to” to “the tenant)”.
(3) In section 113(1)(a), for “as husband and wife or as if they were” substitute “as if they were a married couple or”.
(4) In section 186(1)(a), for “as husband and wife or as if they were” substitute “as if they were a married couple or”.
(5) In section 325(1), for “husband and wife” substitute “a married couple or civil partners”.
(6) In Part 1 of Schedule 2, in Ground 2A—
(a) omit “, a couple living together as husband and wife”;
(b) after “as if they were” insert “a married couple or”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2019/9780111190784/schedule/3/paragraph/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-civil-partnership-opposite-sex-couples-regulations-2019/schedule-3/paragraph-10
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