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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1996-consequential-amendments-order-1997/schedule/paragraph-10",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/74",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Act 1996 (Consequential Amendments) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1996-consequential-amendments-order-1997",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/10",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Family Law Act 1996",
  "text": "In the Family Law Act 1996—\n(a) in section 30(4)(b) (right to occupy matrimonial home) for “and Part I of the Housing Act 1988” substitute “, Part I of the Housing Act 1988 and Chapter I of Part V of the Housing Act 1996”; and\n(b) in Schedule 7 (transfer of certain tenancies on divorce etc. or on separation of cohabitants)—\n(i) in paragraph 1, in the definition of “a relevant tenancy”, at the end of sub-paragraph (c) omit “or” and at the end of sub-paragraph (d) insert—\n“or\n(e) an introductory tenancy within the meaning of Chapter I of Part V of the Housing Act 1996;”\n(ii) in paragraph 7(1) for “or an assured tenancy” substitute “, an assured tenancy” and after “the Housing Act 1988” insert “or an introductory tenancy within the meaning of Chapter I of Part V of the Housing Act 1996”; and\n(iii) after paragraph 7(3) insert—\n“(3A) If the Spouse or cohabitant so entitled is a successor within the meaning of section 132 of the Housing Act 1996, his former spouse or former cohabitant (or, if a separation order is in force, his spouse) shall be deemed also to be a successor within the meaning of that section.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1996 c. 27."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/74/schedule/paragraph/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:27:42.625528+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."
}