Paragraph 5 Rent Act 1977

In paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Rent Act 1977^f1—

(a)

for sub-paragraph (2) substitute—

“(2)
For the purposes of this paragraph, a person who was living with the original tenant as if they were a married couple or civil partners is to be treated as the spouse or civil partner of the original tenant.”;

(b)

in sub-paragraph (3), for the words from “, or if that person” to the end substitute “or civil partner”.

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f1: 1977 c. 42. Schedule 1, paragraph 2 was substituted by the Housing Act 1980 (c. 51), section 76; paragraph 2(2) was inserted by the Housing Act 1988, section 39, Schedule 4, paragraph 2, and substituted by the Civil Partnership Act 2004, section 81, Schedule 8, paragraph 13.