{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-law-act-1996/schedule-7/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-law-act-1996/schedule-7/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/27",
  "legislation_title": "Family Law Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-law-act-1996",
  "path": "schedule/7/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) This paragraph applies if one spouse or civil partner is entitled, either in his own right or jointly with the other spouse or civil partner, to occupy a dwelling-house by virtue of a relevant tenancy.\n(2) The court may make a Part II order—\n(a) on making a divorce, nullity of marriage or judicial separation order or at any time after making such an order (whether, in the case of a divorce or nullity of marriage order, before or after the order is made final), or\n(b) at any time when it has power to make a property adjustment order under Part 2 of Schedule 5 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 with respect to the civil partnership.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 7 para. 2(1) inserted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), ss. 82, 263, Sch. 9 para. 16(3); S.I. 2005/3175, art. 2(1), Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 7 para. 2(2) substituted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), ss. 82, 263, Sch. 9 para. 16(4); S.I. 2005/3175, art. 2(1), Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 7 para. 2(2)(a) substituted (6.4.2022) by Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020 (c. 11), s. 8(1)(8), Sch. para. 54(2); S.I. 2022/283, reg. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/27/schedule/7/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:31:06.048320+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}