Paragraph 12 Housing Act 1988

(1)

The Housing Act 1988^f1 is amended as follows.

(2)

In section 17^f2—

(a)

for subsection (4) substitute—

“(4)
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 (5), for the words from “, or if that person” to the end substitute “or civil partner”.

(3)

In Part 2 of Schedule 2, in Ground 14A^f3—

(a)

omit “, a couple living together as husband and wife”;

(b)

after “as if they were” insert “a married couple or”.

(4)

In paragraph 3 of Schedule 3, for sub-paragraph (5) substitute—

“(5)
For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)(a) above, a person who, immediately before the previous qualifying occupier’s death, was living together with the previous occupier as if they were a married couple or civil partners shall be treated as the widow, widower or surviving civil partner of the previous occupier.”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1988 c. 50.
f2: Relevant amendments were made to section 17(4) and (5) by the Civil Partnership Act 2004, Schedule 8, paragraph 41 and by S.I. 2014/560.
f3: Ground 14A was added by the Housing Act 1996, section 149. Relevant amendments were made by the Civil Partnership Act 2004, Schedule 8, paragraph 43.