# The Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019, Paragraph 12: Housing Act 1988


(1) The Housing Act 1988 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 17—
(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—
(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.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2019/9780111190784/schedule/3/paragraph/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-civil-partnership-opposite-sex-couples-regulations-2019/schedule-3/paragraph-12
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